G'day I love Mendelssohn's Lieder ohne Worte, but I'm not referring to them, but the habit of sheet music arrangers for piano to write out nice pianistic arrangements, but without the lyrics. Why? They are usually such an important part of the song, it is disappointing that they are not included.
Is it cheaper to print the song without the words? I realise that some arrangements are so ornate it would be hard to fit the words to the music, but even simple arrangements where the melody is left unadorned are so often printed without this essential part of the song. Reminds me of the story of a woman meeting Richard Rodgers at a party and saying "I love your songs. Especially My Favourite Things. What a great song." Oscar Hammerstein, standing nearby, says "Actually he didn't write that. HE wrote Da da da DA da da Da da da Da da **I** wrote 'Raindrops on roses and whisker on kittens...' " [I know I've got the wrong song, but that's the gist of the story.] David McKay _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
