shirling & neueweise wrote:
am i correct in thinking the vocal lines should not be op^timized out
of piano solo passsages?
Traditionally, this depended upon particulars of the music, and
publisher. Some UK publishers routinely optimized out choral lines;
Parry's "I was glad" has a full page of two stave organ introductory
material before the chorus enters. In other cases, for example,
Ireland's "Greater love hath no man", has about a page and a half of
three staff systems in the middle, where there is a soprano solo
followed by a baritone one, during which the choir is silent. It also
varied depending upon whether the item was in a larger collection, or
published separately. The Oxford /Church Anthem Book/ frequently has the
accompaniment introduction on a grand staff, adding staves for the voice
lines at beginning of the system where each makes its entrance. The
exact same arrangment, published as an octavo, has a different layout,
less frugal with space.
ns
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