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The Creation of a New Musical, Part 9a - Preproduction: Music Prep


song is completed and he's got something to go into rehearsal with.

Which brings us to the first time we will usually see a copyist brought in to a new show.

(To be continued.)


Here are some music preparation links:

Example of early handwritten music, from the Codex Calixtinus.

Description of music preparation course at the Berkley School of Music.

An example of the handcopyist's art. (I couldn't find any links, so I created this one.)

George Gershwin doing that composer thang,
from The George and Ira Gershwin Archive

Handwritten (composer's) manuscript from Kurt Weill/Bertolt Brecht's Die Dreigroschenoper (The Threepenny Opera), "11. Pirate Jenny."
Typeset example of same, now entitled "6. Seeräuberjenny."


Hey, go see a show!

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