Hey all, >> The two options are not mutually exclusive--they are one and the same. > They may not be mutually exclusive for you.
I think we must remember that different scores serve different purposes. Daily I am frustrated with the poorly-engraved scores I am forced to use as a musical theatre director. “Why”, I ask, “does this piano-conductor score of <Show X> not look like Boosey & Hawkes full score of ‘West Side Story’ or the published ‘Sweeney’ piano-vocal score?!?!” And then I remind myself that <Show X> P/C score was almost certainly cranked out under extreme pressure right up until the opening night of the premiere performance (and maybe even during the run!), whereas B&H’s “West Side” orchestral score was commissioned after the fact as a published [essentially 'critical'] edition. Those are two very different purposes — and hence very different engravings. Does “readable” mean “sight-readable”, or rather “can be parsed sufficiently well under calm study and practice conditions”? Does the same score need to be used for both study/practice and performance? If so, which of those two [possibly quite different] arenas take precedence? K. ________________________________ Kieren MacMillan, composer ‣ website: www.kierenmacmillan.info ‣ email: [email protected] _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
