Re: [Finale] O.T.: Speaking of music editions online, Paul Wranitzky editions

2007-01-15 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 15.01.2007 John Howell wrote: Doesn't matter if it's taxes, or direct subsidy as in Europe. Not to disagree, but what, exactly, is the difference between paying for something by taxes, or directly subsidising it. I always assumed direct subsidies, by definition, came from the taxes,

Re: [Finale] O.T.: Speaking of music editions online, Paul Wranitzky editions

2007-01-15 Thread dhbailey
Johannes Gebauer wrote: On 15.01.2007 John Howell wrote: Doesn't matter if it's taxes, or direct subsidy as in Europe. Not to disagree, but what, exactly, is the difference between paying for something by taxes, or directly subsidising it. I always assumed direct subsidies, by definition,

Re: [Finale] O.T.: Speaking of music editions online, Paul Wranitzky editions

2007-01-15 Thread dhbailey
dhbailey wrote: Johannes Gebauer wrote: On 15.01.2007 John Howell wrote: Doesn't matter if it's taxes, or direct subsidy as in Europe. Not to disagree, but what, exactly, is the difference between paying for something by taxes, or directly subsidising it. I always assumed direct

Re: [Finale] scrambled scores

2007-01-15 Thread dhbailey
Aaron Rabushka wrote: Has anyone had the experience of invoking score optimization and having your work apparently scattered by the four winds? I did this a couple days ago and found bits of my stuff in the oddest places in the score--wrong octaves, scattered time signatures, wrong staves, a

Re: [Finale] O.T.: Speaking of music editions online, Paul Wranitzky editions

2007-01-15 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 15.01.2007 dhbailey wrote: Taxes we have no choice on paying (well we actually do have a choice but most of us don't want to spend time in prison), and we don't all get equal access to the benefits, whereas directly subsidizing something through direct payment for it is a personal choice

Re: [Finale] Your Contact Info

2007-01-15 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 02:41 AM 1/15/2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 1/14/2007 10:34:45 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: How did this get on the list? Is this some kind of virus? It's probably *exactly* what this guy says it isn't: a phishing expedition. No, it's not

Re: [Finale] O.T.: Speaking of music editions online, Paul Wranitzky editions

2007-01-15 Thread dhbailey
Johannes Gebauer wrote: On 15.01.2007 dhbailey wrote: Taxes we have no choice on paying (well we actually do have a choice but most of us don't want to spend time in prison), and we don't all get equal access to the benefits, whereas directly subsidizing something through direct payment for

[Finale] My apologies!

2007-01-15 Thread Jamin Hoffman
Dear all - I'm sorry for my recent Plaxo request to the entire list - that was an error. If I do that again in the future, I will try to remember to remove Finale-list from the address! Thanks for your patience! (Mr.) Jamin Hoffman 209 Madero Dr. Thiensville, WI 53092 (262) 236-4244 [EMAIL

Re: [Finale] scrambled scores

2007-01-15 Thread Aaron Rabushka
I am using Finale 2003. Aaron J. Rabushka [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://users.waymark.net/arabushk - Original Message - From: dhbailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: finale@shsu.edu Sent: Monday, January 15, 2007 5:32 AM Subject: Re: [Finale] scrambled scores Aaron Rabushka wrote: Has anyone had

Re: [Finale] scrambled scores

2007-01-15 Thread Gerald Berg
You updated the score for spacing changes? Jerry Gerald Berg On 15-Jan-07, at 11:35 AM, Aaron Rabushka wrote: I am using Finale 2003. Aaron J. Rabushka [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://users.waymark.net/arabushk - Original Message - From: dhbailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: finale@shsu.edu Sent:

Re: [Finale] O.T. (Was Incipits for Forewards) EPS and PDFs and Vectors

2007-01-15 Thread Kim Patrick Clow
On 1/15/07, dc [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: All this means there are still huge problems with Finale and anything that has to do with Postscript. A friend of mine told me that a code fix for at least one of the issues (the one where I port to a P.S. file; and Finale only messes up embedding the

Re: [Finale] O.T.: Speaking of music editions online, Paul Wranitzky editions

2007-01-15 Thread Kim Patrick Clow
On 1/15/07, Johannes Gebauer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The big orchestras in Germany may get a lot of subsidies compared to the US,but it is still tax, and nothing else. What a contrast: the German government spends about 102 dollars per citizen, in support of the arts. The United States, by

Re: [Finale] Your Contact Info

2007-01-15 Thread John Howell
At 4:45 AM + 1/15/07, Jamin Hoffman wrote: Finale-list, Hello! This is Jamin from Milwaukee, not a phishing expedition! I am updating my on-line e-mail list, so if you would please take the time to check your information, update whatever needs to be updated, and then follow the

Re: [Finale] OT ... commissions

2007-01-15 Thread Dean M. Estabrook
Ah, good point. That seems more in the ballpark to me. BTW, the site Hamilton Greg directed me to, http://www.clc-lcc.ca/index_en.php produced a very complete commission contract one can download as a PDF. All of which begs the question for Mac users, can one copy a PDF file and move it

Re: [Finale] OT ... commissions

2007-01-15 Thread Lora Crighton
All of which begs the question for Mac users, can one copy a PDF file and move it into an Appleworks doc in a fashion which can then be edited? I'd like to use this contract, but several changes would have to be made. If you go to google and search for commission contract musical

Re: [Finale] scrambled scores

2007-01-15 Thread Aaron Rabushka
Spacing changes? I optimized the staves. Does that accomplish this? Aaron J. Rabushka [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://users.waymark.net/arabushk - Original Message - From: Gerald Berg [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: finale@shsu.edu Sent: Monday, January 15, 2007 10:45 AM Subject: Re: [Finale] scrambled

Re: [Finale] OT ... commissions

2007-01-15 Thread Eric Fiedler
Dean, Using Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Professional you can save a PDF in (among other formats) MS Word, Rich Text and Plain Text., all of which can probably be opened in Apple Works. Hope this helps! Fiedler Habsburger Verlag Frankfurt (Dr. Fiedler)

Re: [Finale] O.T. (Was Incipits for Forewards) EPS and PDFs and Vectors

2007-01-15 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 15.01.2007 Kim Patrick Clow wrote: Post Script has been around a long long time, so I can't understand what's so hard for MM to get this to work. It's not rocket science. No, but to be fair, part of it was broken several times by new windows versions. Johannes --

Re: [Finale] mozart [Gran partita] (OT)

2007-01-15 Thread Ken Moore
David W. Fenton [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes The autograph says only Contra Basso and there is no title in Mozart's hand (Gran Partita is in someone else's hand on the autograph). Indeed, the autograph has no title at all in Mozart's hand, so it's only from the generic plan that one can place it

Re: [Finale] My apologies!

2007-01-15 Thread Mariposa Symphony Orchestra
Don't concern yourself, Jamin - but do remember: If, in the future it actually DOES happen again -- we now all know where to find you.;) Best, Mr. A. Nonymous Les Marsden Founding Music Director and Conductor, The Mariposa Symphony Orchestra Music and Mariposa? Ah, Paradise!!!

Re: [Finale] O.T.: Speaking of music editions online, Paul Wranitzky editions

2007-01-15 Thread David W. Fenton
On 15 Jan 2007 at 8:37, dhbailey wrote: And then there is another way of viewing things: the military bands don't get specific subsidies to exist, they're part of the overall military budget and the members receive the same military pay as everybody else at the same pay grade, regardless of

Re: [Finale] mozart (OT)

2007-01-15 Thread Andrew Stiller
On Jan 14, 2007, at 7:47 PM, John Howell wrote: Orchestras, however, tended to provide entertainment for the upper classes (including their use in opera and ballet), and bands--especially military bands--for the middle and lower classes. I have always found this distinction simplistic at

Re: [Finale] mozart (very OT)

2007-01-15 Thread Andrew Stiller
On Jan 14, 2007, at 6:04 PM, John Howell wrote: When did they stop composing Gregorian chant? They didn't! Oh yes they did. They stopped composing it when Charlemagne and the church together started enforcing its fixity and uniformity in the 9th c. Of course composing continued thereafter,

Re: [Finale] O.T. (Was Incipits for Forewards) EPS and PDFs and Vectors

2007-01-15 Thread David W. Fenton
On 15 Jan 2007 at 19:02, Johannes Gebauer wrote: On 15.01.2007 Kim Patrick Clow wrote: Post Script has been around a long long time, so I can't understand what's so hard for MM to get this to work. It's not rocket science. No, but to be fair, part of it was broken several times by new

Re: [Finale] mozart (very OT)

2007-01-15 Thread Andrew Stiller
On Jan 14, 2007, at 8:15 PM, John Howell wrote: I wonder, though, when the separation between country folk and town (rather than city) folk might have happened historically. Could we be looking at the start of the Early Modern period (a term which music historians generally don't use),

Re: [Finale] mozart (OT)

2007-01-15 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 15.01.2007 David W. Fenton wrote: Certainly the orchestra before c1750 was very, very different from the modern orchestra (in reality, I'd say it was a completely different animal). I completely agree. I have come to the conclusion that anything but single or double string forces

Re: [Finale] O.T. (Was Incipits for Forewards) EPS and PDFs and Vectors

2007-01-15 Thread Kim Patrick Clow
On 1/15/07, Johannes Gebauer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No, but to be fair, part of it was broken several times by new windows versions. *Blinks* You're kiddin' me, right? I've been using post script technology successfully on my PC since 2000. It's 2007, how much time does MM need to get it

Re: [Finale] scrambled scores

2007-01-15 Thread Gerald Berg
Nope. Look under the edit menu -- on mac it's -- Mass mover tool--select all ---then command backslash. Jerry On 15-Jan-07, at 1:02 PM, Aaron Rabushka wrote: Spacing changes? I optimized the staves. Does that accomplish this? Aaron J. Rabushka [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Finale] mozart (OT)

2007-01-15 Thread Kim Patrick Clow
On 1/15/07, Andrew Stiller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have always found this distinction simplistic at best. Orchestras began to break out of aristocratic boundaries almost immediately (Corelli gave public concerts), and in London there were multiple, competing orchestras aimed at various

Re: [Finale] OT ... commissions

2007-01-15 Thread Dean M. Estabrook
Hey, Eric ... yes, that worked. Many thanks. Dean On Jan 15, 2007, at 10:02 AM, Eric Fiedler wrote: Dean, Using Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Professional you can save a PDF in (among other formats) MS Word, Rich Text and Plain Text., all of which can probably be opened in Apple Works. Hope this

Re: [Finale] O.T. (Was Incipits for Forewards) EPS and PDFs and Vectors

2007-01-15 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 15.01.2007 David W. Fenton wrote: I don't doubt your observation, but it does show incompetence on the part of the Finale programmers. There is *nothing* built into Windows that knows a damned thing about PostScript (unlike on the Mac, where it's fundamental to the OS). The only part of the

Re: [Finale] mozart (OT)

2007-01-15 Thread dhbailey
Kim Patrick Clow wrote: [snip] too long. Imagine Donald Trump doing that at the Met ;) As a matter of fact, unfortunately I can imagine him doing that at the Met, standing up in the middle of some gorgeous aria and simply shouting out, spit flying everywhere and his hair it's usual

Re: [Finale] O.T. (Was Incipits for Forewards) EPS and PDFs and Vectors

2007-01-15 Thread Kim Patrick Clow
On 1/15/07, dc [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But it's still not working right. This is one of the most pathetic bugs I've ever seen in any program. We do have textured paper, though, so we can't complain. Well in one method, where I print to a generic PS file then open that in Illustrator, ALMOST

Re: [Finale] OT ... commissions

2007-01-15 Thread Dick Hauser
On Jan 15, 2007, at 9:33 AM, Dean M. Estabrook wrote: All of which begs the question for Mac users, can one copy a PDF file and move it into an Appleworks doc in a fashion which can then be edited? From Adobe Reader, File - Save as Text That will then import into Appleworks (or Pages).

Re: [Finale] mozart (OT)

2007-01-15 Thread David W. Fenton
On 15 Jan 2007 at 14:56, Kim Patrick Clow wrote: The London orchestral public concerts didn't really start until the J.C. Bach / Abel academies; and that was pretty late in the game. The only concert series I can think of in London that had competition were the ones in the early 1790s, almost

Re: [Finale] mozart (OT)

2007-01-15 Thread Kim Patrick Clow
On 1/15/07, David W. Fenton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Also, it's important to realize that London was really unique among European cities in developing a commercial culture and a modern middle class, as well as in having a publishing industry protected by the first copyright law in Europe. I

Re: [Finale] OT ... commissions

2007-01-15 Thread David W. Fenton
On 15 Jan 2007 at 12:43, Dick Hauser wrote: On Jan 15, 2007, at 9:33 AM, Dean M. Estabrook wrote: All of which begs the question for Mac users, can one copy a PDF file and move it into an Appleworks doc in a fashion which can then be edited? From Adobe Reader, File - Save as Text

Re: [Finale] O.T.: Speaking of music editions online

2007-01-15 Thread John Howell
At 8:37 AM -0500 1/15/07, dhbailey wrote: Johannes Gebauer wrote: On 15.01.2007 dhbailey wrote: Taxes we have no choice on paying (well we actually do have a choice but most of us don't want to spend time in prison), and we don't all get equal access to the benefits, whereas directly

Re: [Finale] O.T.: Arts Funding (was Speaking of music editions online)

2007-01-15 Thread John Howell
At 1:17 PM -0500 1/15/07, David W. Fenton wrote: I have had the impression that US government arts funding is minuscule in comparison to the actual budgets of the large arts organizations. Another, quite different facet of this discussion just occurred to me. (Thanks, David!) This is a

Re: [Finale] mozart (very OT)

2007-01-15 Thread John Howell
At 1:43 PM -0500 1/15/07, Andrew Stiller wrote: On Jan 14, 2007, at 6:04 PM, John Howell wrote: When did they stop composing Gregorian chant? They didn't! Oh yes they did. They stopped composing it when Charlemagne and the church together started enforcing its fixity and uniformity in the

Re: [Finale] mozart (OT)

2007-01-15 Thread John Howell
At 7:45 PM +0100 1/15/07, Johannes Gebauer wrote: That is not to say there were no larger orchestral performances. Handel's Messiah is a good example. Oh?? I doubt his orchestra was more than 20, and about the same for his chorus. Mozart was the first to start expanding the size of the

Re: [Finale] mozart (OT)

2007-01-15 Thread John Howell
At 2:56 PM -0500 1/15/07, Kim Patrick Clow wrote: On 1/15/07, Andrew Stiller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have always found this distinction simplistic at best. Orchestras began to break out of aristocratic boundaries almost immediately (Corelli gave public concerts), and in London there were

Re: [Finale] mozart (OT)

2007-01-15 Thread David W. Fenton
On 15 Jan 2007 at 17:22, John Howell wrote: At 7:45 PM +0100 1/15/07, Johannes Gebauer wrote: That is not to say there were no larger orchestral performances. Handel's Messiah is a good example. Oh?? I doubt his orchestra was more than 20, and about the same for his chorus. Mozart was

Re: [Finale] O.T.: Speaking of music editions online

2007-01-15 Thread David W. Fenton
On 15 Jan 2007 at 16:11, John Howell wrote: 1. The arts cost money, unless you are talking about community music, community theater etc. where everyone volunteers their time and talents and they do it for enjoyment. I'm involved in three such organizations in which no one gets paid, a

Re: [Finale] mozart (OT)

2007-01-15 Thread David W. Fenton
On 15 Jan 2007 at 17:54, John Howell wrote: At 2:56 PM -0500 1/15/07, Kim Patrick Clow wrote: Germany's free cities had municipal musicians on their payroll, but Zaslaw points to very very meager personnel lists*, these were hardly orchestras. Ah, but those could be supplemented by

Re: [Finale] mozart (OT)

2007-01-15 Thread Aaron Rabushka
And don't forget Beethoven's comment about being able to perform his Eroica with a scant bakers' dozen string players. Aaron J. Rabushka [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://users.waymark.net/arabushk ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu

Re: [Finale] mozart (OT)

2007-01-15 Thread Aaron Rabushka
Kim Patrick Clow: VThe electress of Saxony halted a performance of Zelinka's Lamentations because she complained it was too long. Imagine Donald Trump doing that at the Met ;) Don't give 'im any ideas! Aaron J. Rabushka [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://users.waymark.net/arabushk

Re: [Finale] mozart (OT)

2007-01-15 Thread Kim Patrick Clow
On 1/15/07, John Howell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: replied with some thoughts about the examples I provided. Remember, all I suggested was that the examples of London and Corelli were exceptions. You misunderstood my points about the sizes of the orchestras, not that they weren't orchestras My

Re: [Finale] mozart (OT)

2007-01-15 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 15.01.2007 David W. Fenton wrote: I don't have the references handy, but I'm pretty sure there was at least one performance of Messiah in Handel's lifetime with Handel's participation where the orchestra and chorus were both large in the modern sense, i.e., 100+ players and 200+ singers.

Re: [Finale] mozart (OT)

2007-01-15 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 15.01.2007 John Howell wrote: That is not to say there were no larger orchestral performances. Handel's Messiah is a good example. Oh?? I doubt his orchestra was more than 20, and about the same for his chorus. Mozart was the first to start expanding the size of the Messiah orchestra.

Re: [Finale] mozart (OT)

2007-01-15 Thread John Howell
At 5:57 PM -0500 1/15/07, David W. Fenton wrote: On 15 Jan 2007 at 17:22, John Howell wrote: At 7:45 PM +0100 1/15/07, Johannes Gebauer wrote: That is not to say there were no larger orchestral performances. Handel's Messiah is a good example. Oh?? I doubt his orchestra was more than

Re: [Finale] mozart (OT)

2007-01-15 Thread David W. Fenton
On 15 Jan 2007 at 18:48, John Howell wrote: At 5:57 PM -0500 1/15/07, David W. Fenton wrote: On 15 Jan 2007 at 17:22, John Howell wrote: At 7:45 PM +0100 1/15/07, Johannes Gebauer wrote: That is not to say there were no larger orchestral performances. Handel's Messiah is a good

Re: [Finale] mozart (OT)

2007-01-15 Thread Kim Patrick Clow
On 1/15/07, David W. Fenton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As I believe Johannes or Kim said (in reference to the Haydn oratorios), these kinds of gargantuan performances in the 18th century were very often benefit concerts. Johannes brought this up, but you're right-- the Haydn concerts were

Re: [Finale] O.T.: Speaking of music editions online

2007-01-15 Thread John Howell
At 6:06 PM -0500 1/15/07, David W. Fenton wrote: You shouldn't assume that even community music organizations are unpade. When I was in high school I played in the Carlinville Municipal Band. It was subsidized by the AFM Music Performance Trust Fund (whose purpose was to promote live music, and

Re: [Finale] mozart (OT)

2007-01-15 Thread David W. Fenton
On 15 Jan 2007 at 21:01, Kim Patrick Clow wrote: On 1/15/07, David W. Fenton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As I believe Johannes or Kim said (in reference to the Haydn oratorios), these kinds of gargantuan performances in the 18th century were very often benefit concerts. Johannes brought

Re: [Finale] mozart (OT)

2007-01-15 Thread Kim Patrick Clow
On 1/15/07, David W. Fenton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On the contrary, I'm pretty sure there was at least one in which Handel himself participated. Johannes recalled this as well, but neither of us have citations for it at hand. I'm pretty sure there weren't. Of course, this depends on your

[Finale] Unable to change time signatures

2007-01-15 Thread Matthew Hindson fastmail acct
Has anyone run into the situation in Finale 2007 wherein it's impossible to change time signatures? I need to change 2 bars at the end of a piece from 4/4 to 5/4 (and no it's not for handbells). However, no matter what I do: double click, right-click etc. etc. it remains stuck on 4/4.

Re: [Finale] Unable to change time signatures

2007-01-15 Thread Aaron Rabushka
I'm still on Finale 2003, but what works for me is the time signature tool rather than the measure tool. Checking the re-bar music box may save you a step. Aaron J. Rabushka [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://users.waymark.net/arabushk - Original Message - From: Matthew Hindson fastmail acct

Re: [Finale] mozart (OT)

2007-01-15 Thread John Howell
At 12:28 AM +0100 1/16/07, Johannes Gebauer wrote: On 15.01.2007 David W. Fenton wrote: I don't have the references handy, but I'm pretty sure there was at least one performance of Messiah in Handel's lifetime with Handel's participation where the orchestra and chorus were both large in the

Re: [Finale] Unable to change time signatures

2007-01-15 Thread Randolph Peters
Matthew Hindson wrote: Has anyone run into the situation in Finale 2007 wherein it's impossible to change time signatures? I need to change 2 bars at the end of a piece from 4/4 to 5/4 (and no it's not for handbells). However, no matter what I do: double click, right-click etc. etc. it

Re: [Finale] mozart (OT)

2007-01-15 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 16.01.2007 Kim Patrick Clow wrote: I'm pretty sure there weren't. Of course, this depends on your definition of huge. But large scale performances did not take place until the 1780s, in the United Kingdoms. Well, the Fireworks was performed with 16 oboes, that is pretty large but again,

Re: [Finale] mozart (OT)

2007-01-15 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 16.01.2007 Kim Patrick Clow wrote: Johannes brought this up, but you're right-- the Haydn concerts were benefits; and most of the musicians donated their services. Well, strictly speaking they didn't donate their services. Instead they took part to qualify for the Witwer und Waisen fund.

Re: [Finale] mozart (OT)

2007-01-15 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 16.01.2007 John Howell wrote: That's also what I had in mind, and I have always thought that the ripieno indications were for this purpose. Is memory betraying me? Concertino and ripieno go back at least to Corelli's concertos (which Handel certainly would have known), and had nothing

Re: [Finale] mozart (OT)

2007-01-15 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 16.01.2007 Kim Patrick Clow wrote: The only areas that could mount public concerts that were able to pay for themselves completely by the box office sales (and NOT support by a nobleman), were in London, Paris, Vienna. The really big concerts didn't happen until nearly the end of the 18th