[Trombone-l] [ Dvorak Symphony No. 9 (NWS)

[Jerry Lapham]

On Saturday 22 November 2008 1:00:01 pm Jeff Albert wrote:

> On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 9:02 AM, Keith Marr <epigraph55 at hotmail.co.uk> 
wrote:
> > You'd think composers would consider these things! Another one is Das
> > Lied von der Erde where there's 14 bars of tuba in the 4th movement and
> > nothing else in the whole 50 minutes. I couldn't imagine being able to
> > get any crap like that past any publisher's editor I know . . .
>
> I'm not picking a side here, just asking a question.  Should those
> sorts of logistical considerations outweigh artistic considerations in
> the composer's mind as the piece is orchestrated?

Only if he wants to sell the piece/orchestration.

	-Jerry
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