RYAN WROTE>A few here have said that the composer I work with shouldn't
compose a piece for viola because he's not comfortable writing in the alto
clef. How preposterous!
Ryan-one of the reasons I rarely post here any more is that there are
so many self-professed experts who are so incredibly intolerant of any opinion
other than their own. Your description of them as "elitist" is well put. When I
posted in the past about some issue I was having with Finale (autosave), one of
the more frequent IEs (intolerant elitists) took the time to inform me (a
college professor of Finance as well as a working musician) of my idiocy, and
all but told me I shouldn't use Finale because I was such an unworthy fool.
This individual still posts here with regularity.
In short, while I do not know a firm answer to your viola dilemma, I
sympathize with you in your frustration about the IEs and their attitudes. My
advice would be to ask a violist--show him/her the part & see what s/he tells
you.
Unfortunately, a couple of the IEs here are frequent posters...I'll
have to mark them as SPAM in the future if I can.
As one who is unschooled in music but performs regularly, I sometimes
encounter similar problems from similar closed minds with similar elitist
attitudes. One refused to perform a piece of mine with me since I did not go
to music school and couldn't possibly play or write as well as he does.
Sad part is, people like that will discourage people like your composer
friend and we may lose a few nice pieces of music!
Hang in there & ask a violist!!
Jim
While I appreciate all opinions regarding notation and historical
practice, I find that some opinions regarding composition and art in general
are absolutely elitist (and not specifically from the few referred to above).
Yes, a lot of us have years and years of experience along with the fancy paper
from a degree-granting institution saying we're "qualified." But why can't an
inexperienced composer without a pedigree write for any instrument he "hears"
in hishead? This is a matter of notation, not composition. Would you object to
a score that isn't transposed
(i.e. in C) for the inexperienced composer/orchestrator?
In my composer's case, he hasn't had much of an opportunity to write
for viola. Now, his violist friends who have heard his other compositions want
a viola sonata from him. He wrote in treble clef because it's faster for him to
get his ideas down. He told me to put it in alto clef and change to treble
where appropriate when I engrave it. What's wrong with that?
Oh wait - apparently everything...
Ryan
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