Beethoven and Cambini are hardly two composers to compare and make
generalisations from.
Beside's the preimere of Beethoven's Erioca used very minimul forces 3 - 1st
and 2nd violins.
As for parts being the real music I don't any kind of large ensemble would
be able to work from just parts with no overall score to tell them where
they all should be.
----- Original Message -----
From: "David W. Fenton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 8:41 AM
Subject: Re: [Finale] O.T. Thoughts on Cambini's music??
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.
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