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- This sequence is of the 3rd of the 4 pieces in the suite
- from Rimsky-Korsakov's opera "Coq d'Or", AKA Zolotoi Petukh
- or the Golden Cockerel. Its subtitle is "Dodon and Shemakha",
- referring to the aptly-named (just drop the "n") dope of
- a king and the queen (not his wife) who swindles him out of
- his kingdom.
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- I've sequenced the piece for the Proteus 2 but, due to
- the number of instruments I needed to use the One Stop Music
- Shop's (Proteus on an audio card) Piccolo program. Inasmuch
- as the OSMS' Piccolo program does not automatically transpose
- up one octave like the Proteus 2's, I've taken the liberty of
- doing so in the Piccolo track. The other non-Proteus 2 program
- I've used is OSMS's Pizzicato program for the Pizzicat Violins.
- Generally I reduce the volume on the Proteus 2's pizzicato
- programs because they're loud, but in this track I've left them
- as in the score since OSMS's pizzicato program more accurately
- reflects the instrument's dynamics.
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- Inasmuch as there are changes between A and Bb Clarinets and
- Bass Clarinets, I've given each their own track. In any case,
- all instruments have been transposed to C.
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- [For Proteus 2 owners]: I use a custom English Horn program
- in location 64 to extend the range beyond what E-mu gave it.
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- Finally, for Proteus 2 owners who do not have Bars&Pipes
- Professional, I've transposes up the Trombones&Tuba program
- by an octave because E-mu transposes it down an octave.
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- The last piece in the suite will follow in due course.
- For those of you who haven't read the opera :-), it's entitled
- "Bridal Procession and the Lamentable End of King Dodon"
- (well, I WARNED you!) :-)
-
- -Gary Goldberg
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- National Capital Amiga Users Group
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- Internet: gg0012@epfl2.epflbalto.org Genie:G.GOLDBERG3 CIS:76236,3302
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