On 28 May 2008 at 8:26, Trent Johnston wrote: > The fact > that the music was only sold in parts (with no full score) suggests that the > orchestral requirements where very minimal (very few instruments to a part > and often only one or two in the case of stringed instruments).
It suggests nothing of the sort. The reason a score was not distributed was because scores as *we* think of them did not really exist. The score was nothing more than a guide to the copyist for creating the parts, which were the *real* music, i.e., what was needed to perform the music. All of Beethoven's symphonies were published first in parts only, and the parts sets came with no score. I don't think we'd call Beethoven's symphonies "minimal" in regards to "orchestral requirements," whether by our standards or theirs. -- David W. Fenton http://dfenton.com David Fenton Associates http://dfenton.com/DFA/ _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
