Is this grading system really only a 'New York' area thing? In my naivity, I had thought it was worldwide and anyone in the 'know' was following such a format, but that somehow my lack of sophisticated current environs had been 'overlooked'. I know living on the west coast in my little world a system like such just didn't really seem to exist much. With that knowlege then how do individuals/conductors know what 'arrangement' to choose from, where to go to start in selecting an appropriate level of music for their group or themselves? How do they avoid getting a grade 3 arrangement when they had wanted a grade 5 or vice versa? When going through listings of horn music for sale for example, I'm often interested in purchasing music but stop short when the 'levels' aren't(and seem never to be) listed. I'm always doubtful of purchasing unless I know ahead of time that what I'm going to get is going to serve me in 'challenge' but yet not overload. Others comments of this? Jim
> from: "william bamberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > subject: Re: [Hornlist] Grading of music > > I lived in Rhode Island and Boston, and we also used the New York > listings. Only Mozart 4 was a grade six. > > I've seen more recent listings that go to grade nine, but I don't know > the exact source. It may be an international listing. I've seen the > grades mentioned recently enough to believe New York may still use them. > A web search would probabbly turn up the source, or an email to the > sheet music department of Carl Fischer, in New York City, would locate > the book, if it still exists. _______________________________________________ post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] unsubscribe or set options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
