{Spam} Re: [Finale] Songs without words
David McKay wrote: G'day I love Mendelssohn's Lieder ohne Worte, but I'm not referring to them, but the habit of sheet music arrangers for piano to write out nice pianistic arrangements, but without the lyrics. Why? The answer might differ, depending upon the specific selection to which you refer, but I would venture one reason might be copyright. If one wants only the tune, and the words and music are under different copyrights, by not printing the lyrics one needs deal with only one copyright holder instead of two. A second consideration might be the intended use of the material. If its intended use is as background music where the words are not going to be sung, then again, why deal with a copyright holder you don't need to deal with? ns ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Songs without words
At 10:38 PM +1100 11/23/10, David McKay wrote: Reminds me of the story of a woman meeting Richard Rodgers at a party and saying I love your songs. Especially My Favourite Things. What a great song. Oscar Hammerstein, standing nearby, says Actually he didn't write that. HE wrote Da da da DA da da Da da da Da da **I** wrote 'Raindrops on roses and whisker on kittens...' [I know I've got the wrong song, but that's the gist of the story.] It was Some Enchanted Evening, and I think the story was told in her book by Rodgers' wife. But yes, it makes a really good point! John -- John R. Howell, Assoc. Prof. of Music Virginia Tech Department of Music College of Liberal Arts Human Sciences Blacksburg, Virginia, U.S.A. 24061-0240 Vox (540) 231-8411 Fax (540) 231-5034 (mailto:john.how...@vt.edu) http://www.music.vt.edu/faculty/howell/howell.html We never play anything the same way once. Shelly Manne's definition of jazz musicians. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
