Klarinet Archive - Posting 000066.txt from 1996/02

From: Richard Spittel <RichLouS@-----.COM>
Subj: Answer to the "Free Score" Composer here again with a Q.
Date: Sat, 3 Feb 1996 12:36:54 -0500

In a message dated 96-02-02 11:00:35 EST, you write:

>When I say that I'll send "the score" what I mean is that I 'll send the
>full score and parts for the reed trio + piano piece and that I'll send the
>parts only for the WW Quintet (since I can't see a real necessity for the
>full
>score and it will save us all a little photocopying, postage, etc.) ...
>though,
>of course, if anyone requests a full score, for whatever reason, I'd be glad
>to
>send it. In fact, it suddenly occurs to me that perhaps I ought not to make
>this assumption ... Hey, I'll be humble and ask for advice: should I send
>the
>full score along with the parts when I mail out my WW Quintet?

Greetings from Baltimore, where we are waiting for this next snowstorm to
totally paralyze the city!

Anyway, getting back to your question about sending scores with chamber
music: I get very P-O'ed at publishers who don't supply copies of the score
along with the parts (and even more so at publishers who make no copy of the
score available). Any reputable musician should be able to look at the score
and tell basically how the piece will sound, something that can't be really
done by looking at individual parts. Having scores available are also
desirable for rehearsals, sometimes tricky ensemble passages can be made much
easier if the players can look and see what the other players are doing, in
order to see how your part meshes with the others. Also, if there are note
questions or harmonic analyses that need to be done, it is so much easier to
look at the score than five separate parts.

Remember the score don't have to be full size, they can be printed in a study
score size to save on paper (and postage costs?)

Richard Spittel, Baltimore, MD