Wednesday, October 29, 2014

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The following errata refer to the the orchestra parts for the full orchestration available through MTI (which is not the original, but the first national tour version), and the piano-vocal score that accompanies the rental. The published piano-vocal score is far superior.

Piano-Vocal Score (rental version, dated 2/8/02)

p. 8 "in a three button suit" - "a" should be a G-natural, not an A

p. 13 "young" should be a D-natural, not an E

#5 is full of errata, almost too numerous to list. The most egregious is in the second bar of C, where the A in the top of the right hand should be natural. Similarly everywhere this figure occurs.

#10 Been A Long Day - 4th bar of C, F and K, 3rd beat of each, should be E-natural
#13A Vassar is missing the key signature: it should be in G Major.

#14 Hedy's Walk - the first grace note should be a G-sharp

#15, 8th bar of A, the lower quarter note in the last beat of the left hand should be an F-flat

p. 92, the second system does not exist in the orchestral parts. In the orchestral parts, the entirety of section K is just two bars, repeated ad-lib. (similar discrepancy in the published Piano-vocal score)

In the first bar of L, the melody notes ar incorrect in "ir-re". They should be E-flat and F.

#18 Rosemary - there is a major discrepancy in this number between the rental and published piano-vocal score (which are the same in this respect) vs. the orchestra parts. In the 8th bar of C, the harmony of indicated in the piano-vocal scores is G-major-7 (with F sharps). However, the reed parts and trombone 2 parts have f-naturals, which creates a startling clash.  The original cast recording contains F-naturals. The '95 revival recording has F-sharps. The decision would be left up to the music director, but either the piano-vocal and orchestra parts would need to be rectified to match each other.

On p. 123, Opening-Act 2 should be #22, not #21

In #23 Cinderella, Darling, the section D on p. 132 is actually section H. The section F on p. 133 is actually section I.

#25A - bass cleff is incorrect. Should be F-naturals and C-naturals (correct in orchestra parts)

Orchestra Parts
These are very cursory notes, merely intended to flag some moments that are problematic. The precise solutions are unknown.

General - lots of mute discrepancies between trumpets 1/2 and trumpet 3 books
#2 How To Succeed - mm. 3-10 have incorrect pitches in the Horn part
#3 Dinner Warm - 3rd bar of D has wrong pitches in the brass books on beat two
#4 Coffee Break - Reed books have a wrong pitch, 4th bar before E
#5 Company Way - brass pitches are incorrect 2 before G
#9 Secretary - wrong pitches in xylophone at S (should be A-flats)
#9 Secretary - wrong pitches in bass at S (third quarter should be A-flats)
#10 Been a Long Day - 1 m. before H, beat 3 has wrong pitches in the brass
#10 Been a Long Day - wrong pitches in Reed 2 book, 2nd bar of J - should be written E followed by written F-natural (?)
#11 Been a Long Day - Reed 1 has wrong pitch, 3rd bar of A. Final E-flat should be F.
#13 Grand Old Ivy - Reed 1 and 2 books have a different rhythm the 2nd bar of G than is indicated in the piano-conductor score.
#15 Paris Original - cello part, 2 bars before D, downbeat in upper staff should be B-flat
#18 Rosemary - brass pitches are incorrect in mm. 1-2
#18 Rosemary - brass pitches are incorrect in chord on 3rd beat of the 10th bar of G
#18 Rosemary - trumpet 2 is incorrect 1 before H. last quarter should be written E-natural
#29 Yo-Ho-Ho - wrong pitches in the saxes at I
#29 Yo-Ho-Ho - reeds I, II, III and IV have wrong pitches in the 5th and 6th bars of E
#29 Yo-Ho-Ho - wrong pitches in the trombone 1 book, 2 bars before M
#33 Brotherhood of Man - wrong pitches in the reed books at V
#33 Brotherhood of Man - wrong pitches in bass at B. All B-naturals (every other bar) should be D-naturals

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