vocal score

British  

noun

1. a musical score that shows voice parts in full and orchestral parts in the form of a piano transcription

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vocal score

Bicket wrote out a vocal score, filling in the harmonies that Monteverdi left out, noting where chords could be restated or shift in other ways.

From New York Times ● Jul. 22, 2023

And Kakoma, who goes professionally only by her first name, Somi, had the assignment of creating a vocal score.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 7, 2021

Let's start with the meter... the publisher has made the vocal score available on their website and all over the score there are the time signatures 2/6 or 5/12 ...

From New York Times ● Nov. 7, 2017

Their collection soon stretched much further back, with a wealth of Gilbert and Sullivan material, as well as Noel Coward's own vocal score of Bitter Sweet, signed by him and the entire cast.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 15, 2010

When the vocal score of "Elijah" was first published, Mendelssohn presented a copy to Grattan Cooke, who was a great favourite with the composer.

From The History of Mendelssohn's Oratorio "Elijah" by Edwards, Frederick George