RVW Mass in G Minor
  • Palestrina
    Posts: 364
    Has anyone done up a ‘cheat’ edition for right voices? It’s eminently do-able in that format but just requires some voice changes.

    Would be grateful, once again, for some assistance so as to not reinvent wheels!!
  • CHGiffenCHGiffen
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    I'm not sure what you mean by 'cheat' edition for right voices? The Curwen edition (available for download from IMSLP) seems 'right' to me.
  • Schönbergian
    Posts: 1,063
    He seems to have meant eight voices.
    Thanked by 1CHGiffen
  • CHGiffenCHGiffen
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    Ohhhhh! But I still don't get the term 'cheat' edition.
  • m_r_taylor
    Posts: 314
    Like a piano reduction vs open score?
  • Palestrina
    Posts: 364
    Sorry - autocorrect at its best.

    I did indeed mean an eight voice edition - the ‘cheat’ is that it then ceases to be double choir per se!
  • CHGiffenCHGiffen
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    Even Bach had his double choirs sing together on the same 4 parts sometimes in his St. Matthew Passion. RVW is in good company.
  • Palestrina
    Posts: 364
    Well yes - but it would be helpful to have everything set out to make it easy for eight voices.

    Think of the jumping around at the section starting ‘Qui tollis’ in the Gloria.
  • Richard MixRichard Mix
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    I don't really see a problem, except for "Dona nobis"; a bit of planning and penciling is called for at "Qui tollis" & "Sanctus" but that's usual for 3-way divisi anyway. If you're under US copyright and can improve on the Curwen layout though, go for it!
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