Steve Schwartz replies to me: >>IMHO nobody who participated in a "rock" version of Bernstein's America >>which took the 6/8 original and cast it into 4/4 has any claim to respect >>from classical musicians. > >Actually, I dimly recall from the piano-vocal score the song's meter is >duple, with "jazz triplets." ... Deryk points out, far better suited to 6/8. >I'm probably wrong. Well at leat you've seen the score, Steve, which is more than I have. Perhaps I should rephrase: they took the 6/8 feel and rendered it into a leaden 4/4 feel. Deryk Barker [log in to unmask]