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Cadenza's and Overtures

Are there any set rules for writing a Fantasy Overture (Like Tchaikovsky's Romeo Juliet) and cadenza's?

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Reply #1
No.
Carl Bangs
Fenwick Parva Press
Registered user since 1995

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Reply #2
There is one rule for writing cadenzas.
Don't include the apostrophe.

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Reply #3
Unless you're writing the cadenza's beginning, middle, or end. :-p


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Reply #5
"2. They are used to denote possession, for example:
the dog's bone
the company's logo
Jones's bakery (but Joneses' bakery if owned by more than one Jones)"

Or, "the cadenza's beginning..." etc.

Seems you didn't get my little joke.

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Reply #6
No, Fred, I get your little joke (and it is little), but I wanted people to check out the site for themselves.  My neighborhood runs rampant with these violations, so I am fed up with seeing apostrophes where they don't belong.


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Reply #8
I like Geoff's entry. But I find it extremely amusing that it contains a spelling error. (Hint: rhymes with "potato".)

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Reply #9
Not over on this side of the pond. It neither rhymes with potato nor is its plural anything other than "..oes". Its possessive would of course be "...o's" but that's another matter.

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Reply #10
You say ee-ther and I say eye-ther,
You say nee-ther and I say ny-ther;
Ee-ther, eye-ther, nee-ther, ny-ther,
Let's call the whole thing off!
You like po-tay-to and I like po-tah-to,
You like to-may-to and I like to-mah-to;
Po-tay-to, po-tah-to, to-may-to, to-mah-to,
Let's call the whole thing off!

But oh! If we call the whole thing off, Then we must part.
And oh! If we ever part, Then that might break my heart!

So, if you like pa-jam-mas and I like pa-jah-mas,
I'll wear pa-jam-mas and give up pa-jah-mas,
For we know we need each other,
So we better call the calling off off.
Let's call the whole thing off!

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Reply #11
You say Car-mee-nah, I say Car-my-nah;
You say Bur-ah-nah, I say Bur-ay-nah;
Let's Carl the whole thing Orff.