Author: Phurster
Date: 2010-06-08 11:24
Money talks b@#$%^t walks...
The financial side of things has always been an issue even in the original arrangements.
I just did some performances of 'Little Women'. The part I did was for Flute, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet. All these parts are done by the one player, not for artistic reasons but purely to have different tone colors without hiring extra players.
It is a rare Clarinet major who can match a professional flute player on the flute and visa versa. I have heard many doublers and have yet to hear anyone who can. However, I have heard quite a few who can do an adequate job at both.
Another show i have just done is 'Kismet'. Difficult to read, hand written and done in a hurry presumably for 'time is money issues'. Thickly orchestrated, this one could do with a few instruments left out. Why do arrangers bother doubling melodies with the trumpet in loud sections? This show has over the top demands on the player for little artistic reward...this one hits a high C# in a fast passage in one section.
As most musicals are done as 'entertainment' not as part of some lofty artistic statement. Why not rewrite some of them and even drop a few players. In some of these works it might improve the sound.
Chris.
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