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by DatOrganistTho
24 Feb 2016, 01:56
Forum: Engraving Commentaries
Topic: I'm No Luddite, But…
Replies: 26
Views: 24387

Re: I'm No Luddite, But…

much like a house style, publishers could have a document that could be followed, making sure music was entered correctly, according to their standards. This is interesting to me. In a text environment for music entry (such as Lilypond) I’m starting to imagine there could be a validation algorithm ...
by DatOrganistTho
24 Feb 2016, 01:55
Forum: Engraving Commentaries
Topic: I'm No Luddite, But…
Replies: 26
Views: 24387

Re: I'm No Luddite, But…

I wouldn't get too much in rut: When the printing press was invented, many, MANY people complained of the same thing. People ascribed what was the best achievement of book publishing to the monks and scribes that made books. The first typeface was barely legible compared to the scribes who did it f...
by DatOrganistTho
24 Feb 2016, 01:53
Forum: Engraving Commentaries
Topic: I'm No Luddite, But…
Replies: 26
Views: 24387

Re: I'm No Luddite, But…

So, yes, you are very right, and I think you can call it the "Inverse relationship of typesetting technology to standards" rule (something I'm coining ;) ). That just rolls off the tongue. lol IRTTS or IRoTTtS. Yeah, I could see that catching on… :D LOL! Let's call it IT2S, "Inverse ...
by DatOrganistTho
20 Feb 2016, 17:10
Forum: Engraving Commentaries
Topic: I'm No Luddite, But…
Replies: 26
Views: 24387

Re: I'm No Luddite, But…

What set me off on this (even though it's been brewing for a bit) is browsing through Boosey's online scores. Looking at their two versions of The Rite of Spring is just maddening to me. Their modern, 2013 edition is so, so inexcusably worse than the 1967 edition. The problem isn't that it was engr...
by DatOrganistTho
20 Feb 2016, 17:08
Forum: Engraving Commentaries
Topic: I'm No Luddite, But…
Replies: 26
Views: 24387

Re: I'm No Luddite, But…

I wouldn't get too much in rut: When the printing press was invented, many, MANY people complained of the same thing. People ascribed what was the best achievement of book publishing to the monks and scribes that made books. The first typeface was barely legible compared to the scribes who did it fo...
by DatOrganistTho
18 Feb 2016, 00:38
Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
Topic: Haydn’s Innovation
Replies: 15
Views: 16593

Re: Haydn’s Innovation

As a someone who composes with pen & paper, I would say that this is an "innovation" but not dramatic. 1. Fermatas = I see it as the composer's enjoyment in writing them wide (not intentionally to mean "wide"). Just the pen feels good and scratch well on the paper. 2. Measur...
by DatOrganistTho
17 Feb 2016, 03:57
Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
Topic: Haydn’s Innovation
Replies: 15
Views: 16593

Re: Haydn’s Innovation

Not exactly the reaction I expected, but let's go with it, because it deals with some very fundamental issues crucial to this forum. DatOrganistTho, with that reasoning, no one would play any music that is notated, because there isn't a single element in that isn't left up to the player's judgement...
by DatOrganistTho
17 Feb 2016, 03:11
Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
Topic: Haydn’s Innovation
Replies: 15
Views: 16593

Re: Haydn’s Innovation

I think it is possible to become too pedantic or too precious about details. If anyone were to play a piece by a living composer without reference to the composer it would inevitably vary from the composer's exact intentions. Does that invalidate it or does it enrich it? Should everyone who plays a...
by DatOrganistTho
16 Feb 2016, 03:05
Forum: News - Questions - Suggestions
Topic: Posting non-PD music
Replies: 17
Views: 25587

Re: Posting non-PD music

David, that did occur to me and does concern me, but I think they need to find a new business model rather than relying on residuals to keep them afloat. Free access and use of newspaper archives would seem to be a given in a free and open society. I agree 100%. It makes more sense to learn how to ...
by DatOrganistTho
16 Feb 2016, 00:23
Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
Topic: Haydn’s Innovation
Replies: 15
Views: 16593

Re: Haydn’s Innovation

WARNING! Strong opinions below. ;) My composition professor always said: "Leave it to ambiguity, and you'll never hear what you imagined." I would sometimes reply, "But what if I want to leave it up to the performer?" to which he would reply, "Then you never knew what you wa...