On 7-May-07, at 1:08 PM, Andrew Stiller wrote:
On May 7, 2007, at 2:36 AM, Randolph Peters wrote:
The conductor of the new piece, who later became a friend in spite
of my music, just laughed at me. I'll never forget how he pointed
to one of my instructions and asked me what in the world I thought
the conductor was for -- didn't I think he could do his job?
When Stravinsky put a "non crescendo" marking in _The Firebird_,
the conductor turned to him and said, "Young man, if you don't want
a crescendo then don't write anything."
Some things never change.
As my sister (who is in business) says, "Managers need something to
manage. If you don't give them something to manage, then they will
find something."
However, I know what S. is talking about. There are all kinds of
moments where you expect something to be put in just by common
practice, and just NOT writing anything might imply tacet permission
to put it in. Explicitly saying "non-cresc." will head off that
problem at the pass.
Sometimes you have to write for the player, too. A jazz bass player
will start off playing pizz, while a classical player will
automatically start off arco, and either one will laugh at you if you
write "arco" or "pizz" in the wrong part, even though the indication
is accurate.
Likewise jazz drummers sometimes need to be told "break" or "tacet"
over a bar's rest, so that they don't play through it. We all know
that the bar's rest means tacet, but they need a reminder. I think
this comes from reading sketchy parts by people who don't really know
how to write drum parts, including parts written by other drummers!
Christopher
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