Good morning, all!
I have little to report: I finished by mystery Death at the Beggar's Opera and I've ordered several more books in the series. So, I'm currently between travel literature. It's back to Jane Austen for the nonce.
I am off to Toyland. I'd like to finish up the final two movements of the Moross Ballet Ballad, and I may take the ROBERTA vocal score down to Kinko's and have a few more printed up.
DR JohnG, I got your email. I know that often in manuscript plays and vocal scores, you'll find info like "vamp until Gwen/John exits," where the actor's name is used rather than the name of the character he or she is playing. As to the Kimball Porter lyrics, Bob's a wonderful man, but errors do happen in publishing; he missed the original "Nymph Errand" finish of "The Physician" and, as a consequence, the lyrics about cruising soldiers in the park after dark is what is known as the song's conclusion; in the Hart book, he assigns one of the DEAREST ENEMY lyrics to the wrong character. He most likely didn't missed some sources for SOMETHING FOR THE BOYS, or the editor sent the incorrect materials to the printer. Who's to know?
Every time I have to submit copy, I worry about this. Once it's in print, it suddenly becomes truth, and sometimes it's an error.
