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I haven't seen the article before, John. It was interesting in a way, explaining the significance of H's illustrations, which I appreciate. But as it goes with these things, the scientific seriousness of the project somewhat soils the subject.

Needless to say, I wouldn't recommend H's approach in your Beethoven edition, John.

Hindemith's Ludus Tonalis is a learned, contrapuntal piano work, consisting (mainly) of preludes and fugues. Probably you wouldn't expect it to be exactly funny, but here is a score, revised by the composer himself: Ludus tonalis.PNG Whether the revision has a didactic or scientific purpose is somew...

This is a suggestion I got from the Finale forum:

You are definitely on to something there, OCTO! I just fear that the multimeasure thing could be a bit risky too: ...

Useful symbols in parts like this: (short rest), or (shortish rest), or (not so short rest), or (long rest).

Well, it's difficult to say anything on the grounds of so patchy an information.

Or, the X with bracket could refer to a footnote somewhere in the score, or to a comment in a preface?

It would be interesting to know who made this change for the first time. The composer himself, or a conductor in contact with Janacek?

Nostalgic, in more ways than one.