To sadly counter that argument, I submit the girl who sang at an all-state solo/ensemble competition, Let's call the whole thing off. She sang it thusly:
You say to-may-toh and I say to-may-toh You say poh-tay-toh and I say poh-tay-toh. To-may-toh, to-may-toh, poh-tay-toh, poh-tay-toh, Let's call the whole thing off... Etc... Maybe we could say good performers wouldn't perform without being aware. -Scot Hanna-Weir On 4/7/06 8:43 PM, "John Howell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 12:38 PM -0400 4/7/06, Phil Daley wrote: >> At 4/7/2006 11:33 AM, Andrew Stiller wrote: >> >>> Indeed he could not. Having him speak the lyrics in rhythm was a >>> desperate kludge that turned out to be perfect for the character. Each >>> of the songs does in fact have a clear melody that you can hear in the >>> orchestra; the combination of this w. Harrison's spoken delivery >>> results in a combined effect very close to what one would experience if >>> he had actually been singing. >> >> My question is, could you have notated a part for Professors >> Higgins, such that, a performer unaware of previous performances, >> could have replicated that part? > > Of course. Couldn't you? X-noteheads have been used to represent > relative pitch in speech for rather a long time. But I submit that > there is no such person as a performer unaware of previous > performances. Only a fool would audition for the King unaware of Yul > Bryner, or Prof. Higgins unaware of Rex Harrison. After all, they > created the roles! If you have to invoke a fantasy world I'm afraid > you're on shaky ground. > > Robert Preston, on the other hand, really could sing quite decently > if not operatically, and his speech-song was part of his character in > "Music Man." > > John > -- Scot Hanna-Weir Music Engraver A-R Editions, Inc. Middleton, WI -- www.areditions.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
