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Old May 6 2008, 7:16 PM
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Stravinsky used to omit whole staves wherever they don't play as well (I didn't know that Lutoslawski did the same thing - in fact, I haven't looked at any of his scores, which I should... >_> )

But in any case, rests shouldn't be omitted. You shouldn't worry too much about the appearance of your score (unless you want to achieve that in its own end), as long as it's as clear and clean as possible and communicates what you want to hear as effectively as possible.
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