Ralph, do you know how much your scissory will cost the orchestra, if the parts are rented ? Today it is not a problem, to copy the relevant page (only), to make an easier page turn. #################################################################### Am 03.04.2010 um 10:28 schrieb Ralph Hall:
> Hi Richard, > > Are we still in the April 1st spoof season or do you really mean > "obscure and unknown"? > > I wish I'd had a $ for every time I'd played it rather than each time > I've seen it called the above. > > Before I left the UK it was considered, alongside Dvorak 8, a youth > orchestra piece and I have about 8 recordings, > none by "obscure" artists and orchestras. > > Nor is it new parts and copies which give turn-over difficulties. I > remember taking scissors into rehearsals to > cut pages in half so that I could turn at a more convenient time than > was given by the publisher. > > Easter Greetings to all, > > Ralph R. Hall > > > On 3 Apr 2010, at 08:28, Richard V. West wrote: > >> My apologies for double posting, but I can't recall which list had a >> recent discussion of Dukas' Sorcerer's Apprentice and attendant >> problems. >> >> Our orchestra has just begun rehearsals on that obscure and unknown >> work, the Franck D minor Symphony :-). The music is "courtesy of >> Kalmus" >> and I noticed that it was a copy of the original French edition, >> notated >> just like the Sorcerer's Apprentice (1st and 2nd on the same page). I >> also noticed that it has the same lousy, badly placed page turns as >> the >> Dukas, which was recently discussed on one of the lists. >> >> Looking at it during the first rehearsal and muttering to myself, I >> had >> an epiphany: it was not the original publisher's fault. My guess is >> that >> in order to use less paper, or out of sheer carelessness, Kalmus >> simply >> copied the original parts from the outside rather than inside. >> Confused? >> What I mean is that if you left the first page blank (probably had the >> title on it), and started on the inside left page, with the next >> page on >> the right facing it when propped on the music stand, the rests would >> come in the right place. I recopied the Franck that way and it works >> beautifully except for one page turn. Did it on the Dukas, and it >> isn't >> absolutely perfect (sometimes there's only one bar rest) but it is >> certainly more feasible then the Kalmus version. >> >> By the way, I agree about that passage in the Dukas between 49 and 50. >> It is truly tough. It took me a lot of work to get it accurately up to >> speed. Well...at least up to speed! The second horn was about to >> give up >> and take up the kazoo. >> >> Apropos echo horn in the Dukas, I'm curious to know how you all do it. >> It's relatively rare in the literature, so there aren't a lot of >> opportunities to do it. I played it by hand stopping the horn about >> 3/4 >> or so to lower the tone a 1/2 step and fingering the passage a 1/2 >> step >> higher to play the written pitch. Are there other ways? >> >> Richard in Seattle >> _______________________________________________ >> post: [email protected] >> unsubscribe or set options at >> https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/ralph%40brasshausmusic.com > > Ralph R. Hall > [email protected] > Ralph R. Hall > http://www.brasshausmusic.com > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > post: [email protected] > unsubscribe or set options at > https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/hpizka%40me.com _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
