Talk:Overture to Candide

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Much of the music is in odd time signatures which change often, including 6/4, 2/2, 4/4, and 3/2. ...These are odd time signatures? Perhaps 6/4 and 3/2 are somewhat rare - though equivilent to 6/8 and 3/4 - but 2/2 and 4/4 are two of the most common time signatures, and even have their own symbol! I'd be hard pressed to call time signatures short of 7/8 and such really odd.Adam Cuerden 08:17, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

Ah, wait, pulled up the midi and analysed - I'm not sure if I can trust the time signatures being assigned (are those 4/4s, or 2/2s?), but it's certainly switching between them to create effective 5/2's and 7/2s, which DEFINATELY count as odd time signatures. Could use a little tweaking of phrasing if someone has the score, though. Adam Cuerden 10:34, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

Will add a reference soon for my latest edit: Have to dig out my Prouts. Adam Cuerden ^talk 15:13, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

"The overture has become a staple at the Last Night of the Proms". Nope. I was there in person most years 1981-1994, and have just checked the programmes for 2002, 2003, 2006. It appeared in none of those years, and before that was no more a staple than any other lively and popular pice of music.