RE: [Off-topic] A question about opera scores
> -Original Message- > From: Lukas-Fabian Moser [mailto:lukasfabianmo...@googlemail.com] On > Behalf Of Lukas-Fabian Moser > Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2020 1:15 PM > To: Daniel Rosen ; lilypond-user Mailing List (lilypond- > u...@gnu.org) > Subject: Re: [Off-topic] A question about opera scores > > Hi Daniel, > > The opera conductors I asked agree that they prefer the vocal parts above > the strings. > > Best > Lukas Thanks so much for asking them on my behalf! DR
Re: [Off-topic] A question about opera scores
Hi Daniel, Am 31.03.20 um 01:58 schrieb Daniel Rosen: I just sent the following question in an email to my local orchestra's[1] music director[2]-he has a side gig with a small opera company a few towns over[3] :-) I am in the midst of engraving a full opera score, and my question is this: do you as a conductor prefer to see the vocal parts above the strings, or within the strings (between the violas and cellos)? Elaine Gould's Behind Bars (generally accepted as the definitive reference work on music notation) prescribes the former for mixed-forces works in general, but is silent about opera scores specifically; and most of the random sampling of scores that I've looked at on IMSLP have the latter. The opera conductors I asked agree that they prefer the vocal parts above the strings. Best Lukas
Re: [Off-topic] A question about opera scores
On 3/30/20, Daniel Rosen wrote: >> do you as a conductor >> prefer to see the vocal parts above the strings, >> or within the strings >> (between the violas and >> cellos)? Greetings, I personally always put the vocal parts above the strings. IMO the only case where it’s still making any sense to mix them in between the cellos and violas, is when you have bass figures just below the cello line (and likely no separate staff for double bass). At least one conductor thanked me for printing the score that way. (but, YMMV :-) Cheers, V.
