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QRS Medley of Opera Melodies
By Glenn Amer

[ Ref. https://www.mmdigest.com/Attachments/21/09/02/210902_192321_QRSunk4.mp3 

Just before the Cavalleria Rusticana intermezzo begins [time 2:14],
there is a small selection of the music from the opening orchestral
introduction from the same opera [1:56 ?].

As an arranger, I found it disappointing that so many of the orchestral
counter melodies (especially the high E-flat triplets in the Triumphal
March from Aïda) were omitted. It would have made for a more interesting
and authentic pot-pourri in my opinion than a mechanical transcription
straight from the published piano/vocal score reductions.

This is one of the reasons I have now given up on 88 note rolls (even
the ones I made!) and concentrate on the reproducing piano repertoire.

Regards,
Glenn Amer
New South Wales, Australia


(Message sent Tue 14 Sep 2021, 01:29:17 GMT, from time zone GMT-0700.)

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