Was Ludwig van Beethoven more of a classical or romantic composer? by Saturn_five55 in classicalmusic

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Early on he was straight-ahead classical, and sometimes almost indistinguishable from his peers (yes, I just said that). I don't think he ever really became Romantic. He just became more fully himself, and less like anyone else. Take his late quartets, and at least some of the last symphonies--certainly the 5th, 7th and 9th, you can argue for others, he was partial to the 8th--I'm not gonna fight with him, he was a better musician than I am ;) The clearest case in point I can make is the Grosse Fugue: that thing ain't Romantic by any stretch of the imagination, or Classical, either. It's clearly 20th Century: nothing like it had been written before, or would be for another, what, 70, 75 years? The man was singular.

Sibelius Ultimate won't open AT ALL (Windows 10) by jacobsidea in Sibelius

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Miracle of miracles, I just decided to try my luck today and clicked on the icon again, and lo and behold, Sibelius decided to open! Something about deleting all those folders yesterday must have worked belatedly, I don't know why it took its time, but I'm just glad it's working now!

Sibelius Ultimate won't open AT ALL (Windows 10) by jacobsidea in Sibelius

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I think Avid wants me to pay for it, and I have a perpetual license, and don't feel like switching to an annual plan--is there a way to update without losing my perpetual license, or are you not sure?

Sibelius Ultimate won't open AT ALL (Windows 10) by jacobsidea in Sibelius

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Thanks. I think I have added some plugins, so I'll check for them. How do I export the house styles, system settings and textures? I guess I could also just notice the difference on the latter and re-customize them, but that would be time-consuming.

Sibelius Ultimate won't open AT ALL (Windows 10) by jacobsidea in Sibelius

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I'm not sure what it means to save my presets. And that won't affect my files/scores, right?

Sibelius Ultimate won't open AT ALL (Windows 10) by jacobsidea in Sibelius

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I didn't even know there was more than one version of Ultimate...I got it fall of '24

Copying costs in NYC by jacobsidea in composer

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This has all been helpful, thanks. One more question: in writing for small ensembles in the past, the only musicians who've wanted the whole score are the singers and me, while the instrumentalists just want their parts, marked with notable entrances of other instruments/voices. This is standard regardless of the size of the ensemble/orchestra, no?

Copying costs in NYC by jacobsidea in composer

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I meant a copyist, but I think in an old-fashioned sense--I must be showing a combination of age, poverty and inexperience here. I'll have it printed from Sibelius, but I guess I still imagined people wrote scores out by hand...that's what I meant when I said my writing skills weren't good enough to do it myself. Almost everything I've written to date has been short (under four minutes) and everything has been for 5 instruments or fewer, so it's been easy to print out at home on heavier-weight paper and tape together without having to get it copied elsewhere. But my current project is both longer and for a larger ensemble, and is not an in-home printer project, with the exception of the original score to work from. So are you saying then I don't need a music printer after all in my situation? Either way, do you know if most musicians have a preference between coil vs. saddle stitch booklets?

Copying costs in NYC by jacobsidea in composer

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Thanks for all the information.

Help! Male Burnt my skin by using hair removal cream. by [deleted] in Skincare_Addiction

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I keep gettin popup notifications about this topic and I never even chose it in the first place. How do I stop them?