More than fair enough ....

Cheers,

Dean

On Sep 1, 2009, at 9:39 AM, <[email protected]> wrote:

If you ever hire me to compose for you I will use whichever language (s) in the score we agree on. In my own projects I will unapologetically follow
my own procedures.

ajr

FWIW,  I've long been a proponent of (as an American composer) using
directions in English as much as possible. If it's been good enough
for the Italians, French, and Germans ... why not us?  Let them come
to us for a  change ... eh, it's just the curmudgeon bubbling to the
surface ... I turned 69 this year ..

Dean

On Aug 31, 2009, at 9:08 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:

I usually put as many of the words in my scores into Italian as
possible,
somewhat drawing on my experience of making recordings in Moravia
where
they understood everything I wrote in Italian, and not necessarily
what I
wrote in English (e.g., "white keys," "rim shot").

ajr

At 9:21 PM -0500 8/31/09, [email protected] wrote:
Has anyone here run across the feminized "Cornetta" to refer to the
3-valve cornet? I'm about to finalize a score that includes this
instrument, and I don't want it mistake for the cornetto of
Moneteverdi's
time.

ajr

No, although that doesn't mean it doesn't exist in that form.  But
why not just call it what it is, a cornet (one "t")?

John


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