That may be the case, but as a conductor it is impossible to learn a choir a piece without knowing something of the intention of the piece which comes both from the words and the choral sound. Teach a choir a piece in a language they have no clue what ever it means and they will be lost, be it not all the way of course, since the music has some meaning and therefore gives guidance. But add the meaning of the words and away they go. At least my choirs do so.
Apart from this: adding lyrics to existing music is much harder than the other way round. And it shows, I mean hears. O well, you know what I mean. :-) Paul Delcour Christopher BJ Smith wrote: > At 10:25 PM +0200 6/05/02, Paul Delcour wrote: > >> You are entitled to what ever way you enjoy and make music, but in >> placing the notes before or over the lyrics you are forgetting that >> all composers started with the lyrics, were inspired by them and set >> their music according to the meaning of the words. > > > > Nah, that's not true. Lots of composers start with the tune, or > something else. I think your opinion is one (albeit an excellent one) > way among many of approaching the composition of a piece of choral music. > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
