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- From: mgresham@dscatl.UUCP (Mark Gresham)
- Newsgroups: rec.music.classical
- Subject: Re: How to read orchestral scores?
- Keywords: scores, orchestra
- Message-ID: <1053@dscatl.UUCP>
- Date: 19 Dec 92 05:45:24 GMT
- References: <BzA0ts.GIx@news.cso.uiuc.edu> <1992Dec17.112406.7768@lloyd.Camex.COM>
- Reply-To: mgresham@dscatl.UUCP (Mark Gresham)
- Organization: Digital Systems Co, Atlanta, Ga
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- In article <1992Dec17.112406.7768@lloyd.Camex.COM> chrisi@lloyd.Camex.COM (Chris Ischay) writes:
- >Toscanini had another uncanny ability with respect to scores, in that his
- >memory was phenomenally good and I believe he literally never conducted
- >with a score before him. Memorizing something like Meistersinger to the
- >point where you can detect players' individual missed notes in rehearsal
- >seems like something that belongs in Guiness.
-
- Actually, Toscanini had a specific reason for memorizing scores.
- He was simply unable to read the score on the stand without his
- glasses. But he didn't want to wear glasses while he conducted
- because he thought they would prohibit eye contact with the orchestra.
-
- Cheers,
-
- --Mark
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- Mark Gresham
- dscatl!mgresham@gatech.edu
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