Johannes Gebauer wrote:
On 18.02.2006 John Bell wrote:
On 18 Feb 2006, at 22:38, Darcy James Argue wrote:
However, with string sections, you have a lot more leeway than you do
with winds or solo strings, as half the section can keep playing
while their stand partners turn the page.
No Darcy please! That is not acceptable!
Well, I'd say it should be avoided if possible, but there are situations
where it simply isn't possible. If so, it should be in a passage where
the violins are not a very prominent part. Places which should be
absolutely avoided for page turns, but which publishers still often use:
1) G.P., nothing worse than a whole violin section turning pages in a GP
2) Very quiet but melodic or otherwise important places (contrary to
common believe a page turn in a pp passage is much worse than a page
turn in a ff passage.
3) the middle of a high (loud or soft) passage
4) divisis
Your violin section will thank you.
Johannes
For an astonishing piece of page-turn compromise (or accomodation), Roy
Harris' third symphony is hard to beat. One passage has heavily-divided
strings, IIRC also with solos for the front-desk octet, all with parts
which accomodated and staggered the necessarily-frequent page turns.
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