Talk:Capriccio Espagnol

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[edit] Shorthand for orchestral instrumentation

This format might be terse and require some degree of knowledge, nevertheless it is standard, used quite frequently and any amateur orchestra player will be able to see at a glance whether his instrument is called for.

In longhand, the instrumentation for the Capriccio would read:

"Two flutes and extra piccolo; two oboes, one of which doubles on cor anglais; two clarinets; two bassoons; four horns; two trumpets; three trombones; one tuba; timpani; percussion; harp; and strings."

The German wikipedia has an article on this shorthand format for giving the instrumentation (de:Kurzschrift_Orchesterbesetzung which I habitually link up when using the shorthand format, compare de:Capriccio espagnol. So far I haven't found anything like that in the English wikipedia though, but I posted an inquiry on talk:Orchestra. If there really isn't anything, I will translate the German page one of these days.--Cancun771 19:17, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Sorry, but that's too terse and requires too much specialized knowledge to be useful to the general readership expected to actually use these articles. Please keep in mind that this work is not intended for an academic or musically-trained audience.

If you look at musical writing, like liner notes on record albums, music dictionaries and the like, you'll see that they use the standard prose format that we're using here. The format you put in is used by such folks as music vendors, but again, that's not our audience.

I would appreciate it if you could fix the inevitable mistakes I made in translating to the less-terse format. +ILike2BeAnonymous 00:15, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

I am a professional journalist and translator. Call me vain but I think the time I choose to spend on Wikipedia had better be allocated to somewhat more complex tasks. If you insist on changing to "standard prose" then you should strive to avoid any errors yourselves. In this instance, it would have been easy enough just to copy and paste the correct version from the discussion page.--Cancun771 09:06, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Quasi Guitara for Violas

Here's a link to the International Music Score Library Project score of Capriccio Espagnol, mvt. 5. On page 3, just before rehearsal letter S, you can see that the violas have a similar notation as the violins and cellos. It does not actually say "quasi guitara" on the viola staff in the score, but the viola part is marked with up/down bows despite being pizzicato (pizzicato starts at measure 8 of fifth movement). I play viola and have played this piece, and in the parts it does say "quasi guitara", although I know that you can't take my word for it.

72.227.27.201 00:40, 4 October 2007 (UTC)