On Feb 28, 2006, at 12:46 AM, Martin Banner wrote:
Tutti (senza solo)?
Unless your piece is in Italian, or your chorus is accustomed to singing Italian (eg, an opera chorus), I would advise against using Italian words for which a simple English equivalent exists. Experienced choristers will know enough to understand what the words mean, of course, but it comes off as pompous in a typical amateur chorus setting. A better choice to say the same thing here would be "chorus (without soloist)".
Same goes for "gli altri". That may be a common marking for string players, but I sang in opera choruses for 20 years and I've never seen a part marked "gli altri". I know what it means, obviously, but it's definitely not standard for chorus.
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