My 2 cents worth on this is that it's not about whether there's music on
the paper in front of you. And it's note about how well learning and
thought out the performance is - we all hope for a wonderful
performance. What I think audiences really want it musical communication
made up of the mus
Large choruses usually have the music in hand, for security (lord knows I
depend
on that crutch inspite of being well-off book long before preformance, even on
large works like the Verdi Requiem or the Monteverdi Vespers). Conductors of
large (and small) choral groups are constantly demanding
