George Bogatko wrote:

> ...  When it was all pieced together and he and the engineer were
> hearing it, he exclaimed "Gosh, doesn't that sound great!", to which
> the engineer replied "Yes, don't you wish you could play like that."
>
> It's nothing new.

Quite on-target.  As we know, George Gershwin did not write all his
music, but relied upon arrangers for such gems as "Rhapsody in Blue".

 [ Gershwin procrastinated until there was little time left; he was
 [ still composing while Ferde Grofe arranged the parts for the
 [ Rhapsody.  Given more time I think Gershwin could have done the job
 [ himself for the Paul Whiteman concert.  After all, he did have
 [ experience scoring for stage shows.  -- Robbie

Whenever I record a MIDI track at 1/2 speed, I suppose I'm doing much
the same thing.  I can thereby record music that I cannot play, for
I've not only run up the tempo, I've also doubled the bass part down an
octave for a richer sound.  Or, when I record a single track at a
time...as Walter/Wendy Carlos did on the Moog synth.  Same as roll
arrangers and barrel arrangers.  Its been the nature of music from the
beginning.

When an organist presses a single key to sound pipes at many pitches
and many voices, is she cheating or just maximizing the creative
possibilities?  Hmmm....  I'll take the results any day.  :-)

Robert Linnstaedt