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From:  Margaret Harrison <peggyh@i...>
Margaret Harrison <peggyh@i...>
Date:  Tue Jan 16, 2001  2:04 am
Subject:  Re: [vocalist] Recital repetoire question


dorisopran@a... wrote:
dorisopran@a... wrote:

> I hope any pianist collaborating with singers would not find such a thing a
> hinderance. A real pianist eats such stuff for breakfast. If one has to
> work out some fingerings and get a difficult passage up to tempo, one
> practices. Vocalisters, have any of your repertoire choices been nixed by
> your accompanists? I'm curious.

Not my regular accompanist, who says she enjoys the pianistic challenge when the
accompaniment is difficult. But when I've sung with other accompanists, I have
modified
what I might sing with them based on what they can play well.

Peggy

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