A related question, just out of curiosity (since I have nothing to do
with popular music theatre): The Budapest Operetta regularly plays
musicals, and plays them with an orchestra of 30 or more players, using
sets of parts that are rented from abroad. I understand that the
Broadway originals are played with much smaller ensembles, so are such
larger orchestrations produced in parallel to the smaller originals, or
are smaller originals written to be expanded as resources permit?
Daniel Wolf
Michael O'Connor wrote:
Ah, but here's the other side of the question. Do Broadway composers still
have to write for a set ensemble? I recall that there was a union action
about this some time ago when composers were leaning more towards electric
instruments (not the orchestra in a box, but guitars, keyboards, etc.).
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