On Oct 18, 2006, at 5:13 AM, dc wrote:
I was glancing through some of these pages at Recordare and was wondering about something else. Some of these pieces are obviously arrangements, or at least heavily edited versions of "early music", with written out piano (?) parts, added dynamics, hairpins, tempo indications, phrasings, etc. Isn't it strange that no names of the "editors" who have done this should be mentioned? Don't the people who buy such editions want to know where all this comes from?
Well, to be honest, I think they really don't. I know that Michael looked at several (public domain) editions in choosing his source material, and I'm sure he has all the information on record somewhere. But the presumed buyers are singers, not scholars.
I can tell you from my years as a some-time vocal coach and all-around wonk, when you start to talk to singers about sources and editions and stuff like that, 90% of them get a glazed-over look in their eyes and then reply with something like, "Yeah, ok, whatever. So what are you saying? should I slur it or not?"
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