NOTATIO

Following on from my post about buying a plate from Henle, spurred by John Barron's recent video of " From Plate to Page ", I thought I'd try to recreate the plate I bought as a page in Dorico. Here's Henle's page, taken from the plate (luckily a free sample from their website): 0982_0011-...

Also, the sample page from the current publication on the Henle webpage looks to be taken from the plate, and not a Finale copy. I'm basing this on the uneven character spacing in the text, and the way that the braces don't always fit the staves. (And that the didn't fix the bar number.) 0982_0011-1...

Ooh: also there's a mistake!

The first system is a massive cadenza in one bar, numbered 63, which has no barline at the end, and the next system starts with (64) in brackets. It ought to be (63), as the continuation of the cadenza. Otherwise, we're off by one when we get to the next bar number.

No. I scanned the plate at 2400dpi, then flipped the image. Because of the light from the scanner, it makes it looks like the holes are actually raised!

I've also brightened up the colours and contrast a bit. It's quite golden and green in places, with the oxidized metals.

It's arrived! First impressions -- because of the lead, it's heavier but more malleable than I had expected. It's a page from Liszt's Petrarch Sonnets. It seems to match their modern edition pretty well. (Or vice versa.) It's page 5 here: (the 10th page of the sample) https://www.henle.de/en/Second-...

I just saw some work done in Sibelius with the same issue: don't know if it's a default.

Finale seems to do this, too,
which possibly looks like a staccato dot.

Wow. Congratulations!

I've only just found out** that Henle sells old plates from the "Gift Shop" on their website. They're advertised at €33, but after shipping (to UK) and VAT, it comes out as c. €60. There's no indication of what I'm going to get, so it's a lucky dip! I'll let you know when it arrives. ** On...

They still have the paper originals, at least!

One of the first reports of BL stated that the scanned files may never be recoverable again. I think that may have been based on limited information at the time; or just been sensationalist reporting. I was there just yesterday, (viewing a manuscript in person, like a sap.... :roll: ). You can read...