Yeah, probably superfluous, but maybe he just wanted to give an
extra "wake up call" to the brass, to be sure there was a
differentiation with what they were going to do.
Dean
On Sep 17, 2009, at 4:08 PM, Noel Stoutenburg wrote:
Ryan Beard wrote:
Working on a piece for large ensemble. The composer has a passage
for woodwinds at forte. Immediately after the WW finish, the brass
comes in at mezzo piano. The composer has marked "mp subito" in
the brass parts, but I think the inclusion of subito is
unnecessary since the brass haven't been playing before
this.What's your opinion?
I'd concur that the subito seems superfluous. However, my real
opinion is that the proper course of action here is to tell the
composer that your understanding of the use of "subito" was not
consistent with his use at the point in question, and ask him to
teach you (and that is the verb I'd actually use here) why he
considered the word necessary. The possibilities are endless: he
may actually have intended the marking to be someplace else; he may
have meant some other modifier and put this one by mistake; or .....
ns
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