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supercantaloupe · 1 year ago

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also the difference in orchestration vs the original vs later (movie) add ins is really interesting to me. we're subbing in something good in place of an ordinary couple in act ii and it has FOUR instrument changes between EH and oboe within the one number (a whopping 89 measures). only Once in the entire rest of the score (all original to the stage show. we didn't get the rights to i have confidence lol) is there an instrument change mid-number (it's during the dance in sixteen going on seventeen)

#sasha speaks #oboeposting #i wonder when something good was orchestrated. and by whom. it'd be interesting to see if it's the same as the original stage show's book #plus comparing to later written shows by other composers it seems like the closer you crept to the 21st century the more mid-number #instrument changes you're likely to get. when i did les mis they were all over the place #(granted les mis has some lengthy musical numbers/sequences but still)#maybe it's something to do with later shows trying to squeeze as much color/timbre change as possible out of as few instrumentalists #it's no secret that pits have trended smaller and smaller over the decades. even professional broadway and tour companies doing SoM #these days don't do the full orchestrations anymore. basically only opera houses and universities do bc they actually have full orchestras #at their disposal rather than pro musical theater companies who are hiring musicians on contract #anyway. interesting to me #(also i looooove playing EH in this there are some great EH lines in it)

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