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From:  John Link <johnlink@n...>
Date:  Wed Nov 20, 2002  2:53 pm
Subject:  Re: [vocalist] Barbara Hendricks sings Gershwin

Susan wrote:

>My understanding, my music, and the only way I've heard Summertime
>performed, is that the last note of the piece goes up an octave:
>
>Sta - and - in by -
>F#-e d d-b -8va: b

Thank you Susan and Lloyd for heping me to discover and correct my error.

I note that Patricia Barber finishes the song this way (but the whole
thing a major ninth lower). Just goes to show you something about
memory.

John Link

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