Re: Orchestral Study Parts on CD-ROM

"Jon Teske" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Yes Dwight, I think they were the ones.  The cdsheet music is a great
> resource. I have at the moment three of them...violin sonatas,
> Beethoven and Brahms String quartets, and the brand new violin
> concertos.
>
> While I have a considerable number of the violin concerti already, the
> concerto disk is very useful for scoping out stuff I don't already
> know or have sheet music for.  For those who do not have as extensive
> a collection as I do (I've been at this a while) it is a good tool to
> see what concerti or sonatas they might like to try.  For convenience
> sake I would probably buy the print edition for page turning and other
> consideration such a standard A4 size and larger print. I haven't
> explored yet it these can be printed on larger paper or typefont. I
> find that printing them on 8.5 x 11 to be a bit small for performance
> use.

While we love the CD Sheet Music line, we ARE a print music publisher and we
understand that printed editions will be the venue of choice for years to
come. Still, as you say, simply as a resource these discs are wonderful.
Being able to print the solo part to one of the easier concerti for a
student is a plus!

I have (here at work) a beautiful color laserjet that prints on tabloid (11
X 17), and, yes, you can enlarge CD Sheet Music prints, if your printer is
capable. (Don't mean to brag, but I can print two pages side-by-side, and,
if I could find my stapler, could print bound copies of any pieces on the
CD.)

> For the quartets I like these since I am always concerned about my
> expensive parts wandering, especially for an ad hoc quartet. While we
> usually play from print editions, I do make part and score printouts
> for my collegues.

...and you've always got fresh parts! I suppose that the one way to improve
the product would be to allow you to insert your own markings, so that you
don't have to recreate them every time you print a fresh copy... Alas, not
possible today. Still, we imagine that teachers will enjoy printing out
orchestral parts for their students, never having to worry about lost
copies. Pick up an extra violinist? Print another part. The dog ate my
music? Print another part. Cool stuff.

And ain't it a hoot having ALL of the Beethoven & Brahms quartets?

dwight


> On Tue, 2 Dec 2003 10:52:26 -0500, "dwight" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
> >"J. Teske" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> >news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> This afternoon, I stopped in my local luthier's shop to pick up some
> >> violin strings. While there, the proprietor, Dave Lashof, showed me a
> >> new product he had just gotten in.  It was a CD-ROM of the complete
> >> orchestral parts of each of the string voices.  This particular one
> >> was of all the major orchestral works of Beethoven, Schubert, Berlioz
> >> and a few others.  These are not like the treeware orchestral study
> >> books, but contain the complete part, all capable of being printed
> >> out.  I saw the first violin book, but there are apparently similar
> >> things for 2nd violin, viola etc.  These would be great for sight
> >> reading practice, preparing for rehersals of upcoming works and
> >> auditions.  The cost for each was US $20.00.
> >> For more info contact Lashof violins at
> >> www.lashofviolins.com. I don't think Dave has them listed on his
> >> webpage, but he will answer email queries. David said that this was
> >> Vol. 1 of a series, but all he had as yet was vol 1.
> >>
> >> Jon Teske
> >
> >"The Orchestra Musician's CD-ROM Library", now available through Hal
Leonard
> >Corp. If you're familiar with CD Sheet MusicT
(http://www.cdsheetmusic.com),
> >if you've seen their CD-ROM sheet music collections of Violin Exercises,
> >Violin Sonatas, and Violin Concertos (new), then you're familiar with
sheet
> >music on CD-ROM. You get tons of material packed onto a disc in PDF, that
> >allows printing unlimited copies on standard 8 1/2 by 11 paper.
> >
> >See the website http://www.orchmusiclibrary.com for details on these
> >orchestral parts CDs. Two more collections are slated for release this
> >winter, and contents for all are given at the site.
> >
> >Separate CDs are (will be) available for the various orchestral
instruments:
> >flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, low brass,
> >timpani/percussion, violins 1 and 2, viola, cello, and double bass.
> >
> >All music stores should now know about this product (since it comes
through
> >Hal Leonard!), and each CD-ROM is only $19.95.
> >
> >dwight
> >theodore presser co.
> >
>