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  Dan P. on On publishers’ mistakes in the Rite of Spring

  Publishers' lack of interest in the quality of scores and parts is not new - even for their biggest moneymakers....
  Posted May 24, 2013
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  Warren Cohen on On publishers’ mistakes in the Rite of Spring

  We entered the Firebird (complete ballet) into the computer and produced parts from that. It is time-consuming, but you will...
  Posted May 24, 2013
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  Rgiarola on Shameful: Madrid orchestra is put on the dole four months a year

  McGuiver, He is not there anymore. Since 2011/2012 Lyon National Orchestra MD is Leonard Slatkin.
  Posted May 24, 2013
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  Tom Gossard on On publishers’ mistakes in the Rite of Spring

  That's because Stravinsky preferred to get paid to getting the published scores and parts right. Given the sorry state of...
  Posted May 24, 2013
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  John McLeod on On publishers’ mistakes in the Rite of Spring

  Again - Boosey and Hawkes! Also I, and probably hundreds of others are still waiting for a facsimile score...
  Posted May 24, 2013
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  Rgiarola on At Bayreuth’s birthday bash, why so few women?

  McGuiver, You're right. Again a discussion concerning quotas for players, but at this time mixed with other usual polemical topic. The...
  Posted May 24, 2013
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  Musiker on At Bayreuth’s birthday bash, why so few women?

  Sure. But it'll be interesting to see whether she'll be asked back for the festival proper, given there is some...
  Posted May 24, 2013
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  Theodore McGuiver on Shameful: Madrid orchestra is put on the dole four months a year

  Isn't Jun Märkl MD in Lyon?
  Posted May 24, 2013
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  Theodore McGuiver on At Bayreuth’s birthday bash, why so few women?

  If we take this quota mania to its logical, ridiculous conclusion, what would happen if we ended up with an...
  Posted May 24, 2013
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  william osborne on At Bayreuth’s birthday bash, why so few women?

  With the five woman harpists, the ratio of women in the orchestra is still only 11%. Harp is...
  Posted May 24, 2013