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[violachic]

Thanks, Ira!





Conductor to orchestra at the start of dress
rehearsal: "Please get out your pencils. We have
some marking to do: The first 2 bars are in 3/4, not
4/4 as written. Next, in the 5th bar, change it to
7/8 and this remains to bar 49, where you will
change to 6/8 and this will remain to the end. In
bar 7 we lower the pitch half a step; in bar 15 we
lower the pitch another half step; then in bar 27
lower the pitch another whole step and this will
remain to the end. In bars 26 to the end, where it
says strict tempo, cross that out and write in molto
rubato (watch me carefully). In bar 32 cross out the
grand pause, but add at least two pauses each in
measures 34, 45, 47, 48 and 50. And in bar 44, take
out the legato and write in staccato. Thank you.
Let's begin."

Soprano soloist: "Excuse me, Maestro. What would
you like me to change?"

Conductor. "Nothing at all, Madam. Sing it exactly
as you did yesterday.