I don't know yet--it's only been out a few weeks. The "wind ensemble" marking was MMB's idea rather than mine. Would you like me ot send you a promo-blurb, David?
Aaron J. Rabushka [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://users.waymark.net/arabushk ----- Original Message ----- From: "dhbailey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2007 8:10 AM Subject: Re: [Finale] Turn-of-the-century Band Music > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > And, as one who can be excessively finicky about which instrument plays > > what, I swore a long time ago that the word "band" would never appear on > > any of my title pages precisely because of its imprecise meaning. It's > > interesting that MMB Music wrote "Wind Ensemble" on my recently published > > Haydn overture transcription (which, btw, includes a specially transposed > > oboe part for an obbligato clarinet to be used if no oboe is available). > > > > > Interesting -- how many copies have been sold? > > As the director of a community band I don't even bother looking at > scores marked "Wind Ensemble" because of the more finicky > instrumentation requirements. Which really doesn't matter much except > to me and my band, but I am curious about the sales figures (not > specifics, of course, but have you sold "a few" "some" "a lot" "enough > to retire on") since all the other community band directors I know feel > the same way. > > ----- > David H. Bailey > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
