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From:  Greypins@a...
Date:  Tue Nov 5, 2002  10:53 am
Subject:  Re: [vocalist] Open Score vrs Closed Score

lloyd,

how do you feel about interpolated notes in opera arias (ie. the Ab in
the 'pagliacci' prologue, the high F at the end of onegin's aria, etc.)? i
suppose this is a philosphical issue rather than a practical matter but, do
you think it affects the entire opera or, just that aria? also, are not
cadenzas in concertos 'finished by the performer'? and what if the
performer is 'exact' in their 'finishing'?

'classical' music, as you have defined requires the performer to
execute the music where 'popular' music, by your definition, allows the
performer to have an adventure. a golf analogy: the classical golfer aims
to hit the fairway from the tee, put the second shot in the middle of the
green and two-putt for par. the other slices his tee shot into the next
fairway, goes over the trees and into the bunker on his second, splashes out
for his third and makes a ten foot knee knocker to save par. i'm guessing
your aim in golf is the former. me? i'm lucky i haven't gotten lyme
disease yet.

mike






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