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Re: Orchestral excerpt corrections

Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2014-09-16 22:12

It seems a little archaic even to be using those excerpt books these days when a great deal of what's in them is available as complete parts on IMSLP. When those books came out in the mid-1900s, they were often the only way we could reasonably practice the important exposed parts of standard repertoire except for buying each individual part from Kalmus or another publisher. These days with much of the public domain orchestral parts on the web free-of-charge, it actually seems a little foolhardy for anyone preparing for an audition or a performance to rely on those excerpts.

Any work you or others do to correct the myriad mistakes in those books is bound to be a boon to anyone who uses them, and I applaud the effort. But no one who is serious about learning orchestral repertoire these days should be relying on them.

Karl

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