Original B'way show had 2 horns and 21-23 people in the pit . Shows get reorchestrated for the road and for a variety or reuses ... High school productions , larger market houses smaller houses so numbers change. Although, there is a reorchestration with 3 horns the WW doubling books will be cut and reworked.
I have no idea where the number 12 came from nor why you think different shows popularity would affect the number of people in the pit. The minimum number of total players is based on house size with a special needs clause. Minimum now is around 18 in most larger theaters. Debbie Schmidt Sent from my iPhone On Oct 8, 2009, at 8:18 PM, Steve Haflich <[email protected]> wrote: > Donald Huang <[email protected]> wrote: > > So I found out a few weeks ago that my school's doing Cats for our > spring > musical and I'm not sure if I should be excited; I'm guessing the > horn parts > should be pretty good considering that Andrew Lloyd Webber > composed it. I > guess my main questions are (1) how are the horn parts in general > and (2) > how many horn parts are there? > > First, I don't actually know anything about the horn parts of this > BWay > musical, but quite possibly there are zero horn parts. In recent > modern > times musicals are constrained one one side by finances, and on the > other side by union contracts. From my unreliable (and perhaps > out-of-date) Memories (sic) BWay productions are required to employ no > fewer than 12 musicians. Since they must pay 12, they are generally > scored for 12, but rarely more. > > But there may be alternative orchestrations for especially popular > (another word for "profitable") shows. I dunno... > > As a personal note, my former roommate from back in the 1970's, an > occasional horn player but mostly a conductor, spent a great many > years > as the principal conductor of Cats in BWay. I believe he has > conducted > Memories more times than any other member of our species. (I mean the > human species, not the horn player species, most of whom are indeed > also > human.) This is not something for which he would like to be > remembered. > For him, Cats was a way to work 3-4 services a week earning a living > wage for NYC, while allowing him to pursue other musical interests > as he > wished. > _______________________________________________ > post: [email protected] > unsubscribe or set options at > https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/jasoncat%40aol.com _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
