{"id":10889,"date":"2011-08-09T20:06:31","date_gmt":"2011-08-10T01:06:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/?p=10889"},"modified":"2011-08-09T20:07:54","modified_gmt":"2011-08-10T01:07:54","slug":"retrofitting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2011\/08\/09\/retrofitting\/","title":{"rendered":"Retrofitting?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At some point in <em>Pray Tell<\/em> history, the term \u201cretrofitting\u201d began to be used to describe the process of putting new words to old melodies. While general consensus seems to be tending toward the notion that retrofits are usually not as successful as new compositions, some retrofits will undoubtedly prove to be successful.<\/p>\n<p>Are there settings out there that never caught on the first time that are now worthy of a second look after retrofitting?<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps there was a good reason these settings initially never caught on. But let\u2019s not forget the Bach <em>Passions<\/em> lay in obscurity until Mendelssohn revived them and Puccini\u2019s <em>Turandot<\/em> sat dormant for decades. A little overstated \u2013 but some functional and well-crafted forgotten settings may be waiting to be awakened. 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