dorisopran@a... wrote:
dorisopran@a... wrote:
> Actually, I was going by my own experience. The changes I made in my
> friend's song cycle were not major stylistic changes, but slight rhythmic
> alterations that made the text and melody fit better. He was very happy it
> was settling in as it was, and he agreed.
I think it's a little different if you're kind of "road-testing" the
work. I feel once it's established it's not on to change it and then
represent it as being what the composer created.
That said, though, I think there is a case for taking music by - well,
let's stick with Bach, and playing it on a brass band, provided that
it's understood that this is an _arrangement_. The first time I ever
heard Beethoven's first symphony was by brass band (well, eight brass
bands, actually, it was in the championship class of a competition). It
took me some time to get used to it with strings!
cheers
Linda
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