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by Schonbergian
08 Jan 2018, 18:48
Forum: Engraving Commentaries
Topic: Does score quality influence performance?
Replies: 7
Views: 11768

Does score quality influence performance?

Have there been any real studies on this beyond anecdotes? I always feel as though I'm a more active musician and more "guided" in my musicianship when I'm playing from a properly engraved score with human touches--as though the printing itself and its warmth is one and the same with the m...
by Schonbergian
08 Jan 2018, 18:45
Forum: Books and Sites
Topic: Henle Blog and App
Replies: 16
Views: 31326

Re: Henle Blog and App

I like the guy who dismisses the entire body of hand-engraved scores because they aren't "clear" or "high-res" (which is total hogwash--I have the Dover reprint of the 1892 Breitkopf plates for Schubert's string quartets, and it's about as clear as any computer score nowadays)--b...
by Schonbergian
08 Jan 2018, 01:42
Forum: Manual Notation
Topic: Musicwriter - in use throughout the world
Replies: 7
Views: 18172

Re: Musicwriter - in use throughout the world

I've definitely seen the "publisher model" used by a bunch of smaller Canadian publishers in the 1980s, and one of the most popular hymnals is also typeset with one.
by Schonbergian
03 Jan 2018, 00:47
Forum: Digital Notation Tools
Topic: Most popular engraving programs?
Replies: 12
Views: 15999

Re: Most popular engraving programs?

I was under the impression that SCORE does not use fonts for any musical symbols (perhaps excepting dynamics?), but is entirely vector based. I suppose you can alter settings that affect the shape of the notes and other symbols. It's really amazing (to me, anyway) that the the application that almo...
by Schonbergian
02 Jan 2018, 22:24
Forum: Digital Notation Tools
Topic: Most popular engraving programs?
Replies: 12
Views: 15999

Re: Most popular engraving programs?

@odod: Agreed on Schott, especially. Their font is one of the most beautiful I've ever seen on computer, even if I don't agree with all of its stylistic elements.
by Schonbergian
02 Jan 2018, 04:14
Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
Topic: Brahms vs Joachim on articulation
Replies: 12
Views: 15671

Re: Brahms vs Joachim on articulation

Bringing this discussion back towards Brahms, I found this articulation in his Second Symphony (violins). brahms.JPG I see this either as one legato group with bowings also indicated, or as two legato groups with a "phrase" indicated, leaning towards the second interpretation because of th...
by Schonbergian
02 Jan 2018, 04:06
Forum: Digital Notation Tools
Topic: Most popular engraving programs?
Replies: 12
Views: 15999

Re: Most popular engraving programs?

Sibelius seems to be the most popular among modern European publishers, unfortunately. Finale seems more popular in North America and among engravers that love customization (such as us). If you count the drivel that passes as "music notation" nowadays by laypeople, MuseScore is probably t...
by Schonbergian
22 Dec 2017, 20:35
Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
Topic: Composers vs Engravers: Contraindications
Replies: 10
Views: 13476

Re: Composers vs Engravers: Contraindications

Schonbergian, could you post a Bach example? I can't think of anything like what you describe in the non-organ keyboard works. In any case, I try to maintain Bach's notation, as with every composer, since I consider it "different" but not obsolete and perfectly readable to current musicia...
by Schonbergian
21 Dec 2017, 15:09
Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
Topic: Composers vs Engravers: Contraindications
Replies: 10
Views: 13476

Re: Composers vs Engravers: Contraindications

I agree with David's point. Can a "notational Urtext" such as you describe exist in the modern computer world? And what about "obsolete" notational practice, such as Bach flagging individual notes in some of his fugues? Is that merely a product of his time or is it something mean...
by Schonbergian
20 Dec 2017, 22:19
Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
Topic: Composers vs Engravers: Contraindications
Replies: 10
Views: 13476

Re: Composer vs Engravers: Contraindications

With other composers than Chopin, how are we to know when an example falls into 1 or 2 rather than 3?