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by DatOrganistTho
01 Apr 2016, 04:23
Forum: Texts&Blogs
Topic: How to find a freelance engraver?
Replies: 7
Views: 23742

Re: How to find a freelance engraver?

DatOrganistTho, Your little scene describes the situation so well. A similar dialogue often goes on in an arranger's own mind as his practical sense fights with his own misguided desire to be "faithful to the original" in the wrong way. Of course, Brahms didn't mean to produce something s...
by DatOrganistTho
01 Apr 2016, 04:21
Forum: Type and Font Design
Topic: FontForge and Finale
Replies: 14
Views: 16618

Re: FontForge and Finale

Make sure that you don't have too many fonts "Installed" on your computer. I had this problem with LilyPond a while back trying to get text fonts to change. Seems to be that when you install a font your computer "loads" it into system memory, so that it can be easily rendered or ...
by DatOrganistTho
31 Mar 2016, 21:59
Forum: Engraving Commentaries
Topic: Mastering Rachmaninoff
Replies: 83
Views: 68823

Re: Mastering Rachmaninoff

John, your thoughts are very important and reasoning is valid. I also believe if there is an "amen" given by composer for a particular engraved piece it should be followed. The only doubt I have is sincerity of B&H: by 1992 they owned the full copyright of R and I also believe they wa...
by DatOrganistTho
31 Mar 2016, 21:58
Forum: Engraving Commentaries
Topic: Mastering Rachmaninoff
Replies: 83
Views: 68823

Re: Mastering Rachmaninoff

I wish that the forum members who are treating Rachmaninoff's text with such freedom could read the following article by Robert Threlfall, the editor of the Boosey and Hawkes edition of the Complete Preludes, which is now highly regarded because Threlfall was given access to the manuscripts of the ...
by DatOrganistTho
31 Mar 2016, 21:55
Forum: Engraving Commentaries
Topic: Mastering Rachmaninoff
Replies: 83
Views: 68823

Re: Mastering Rachmaninoff

First edition: Including them within the slurs to place them very close to the lowest RH voice shows that the swell is mainly for this voice. I've seen swells within slurs in many scores, but have never heard that they point to any particular voice in a chord. The fact that the bottom right-hand vo...
by DatOrganistTho
31 Mar 2016, 21:53
Forum: Engraving Commentaries
Topic: Mastering Rachmaninoff
Replies: 83
Views: 68823

Re: Mastering Rachmaninoff

Dear DatOrganistTho, sorry for not being so clear. Here I will try to describe what I mean more precisely. Could you explain what you are meaning by BW-balance? Are you saying the glyphs themselves are too contrasting? Yes. If you look at any score, you can notice if the complete outlook of that sc...
by DatOrganistTho
30 Mar 2016, 02:38
Forum: Engraving Commentaries
Topic: Mastering Rachmaninoff
Replies: 83
Views: 68823

Re: Mastering Rachmaninoff

I agree with OCTO to some degree about the balance and choice of fonts, but this is not the thing I would primarily focus on. Here's what I'd start with: 1. The opening right-hand figure and similar figures in the following measures should have consistent stem direction (stem up) and consistent slu...
by DatOrganistTho
30 Mar 2016, 02:37
Forum: Engraving Commentaries
Topic: Mastering Rachmaninoff
Replies: 83
Views: 68823

Re: Mastering Rachmaninoff

Perhaps I have misled some with what edition I have been consulting. It began with the 1975/6 Muz. edition, and eventually branched over to Henle. Not sure how some feel about that.
by DatOrganistTho
30 Mar 2016, 02:31
Forum: Engraving Commentaries
Topic: Mastering Rachmaninoff
Replies: 83
Views: 68823

Re: Mastering Rachmaninoff

I am left with a question. Why not use the original edition, which is probably very close to the MS, as your primary source? The Muzgiz is a secondary source of dubious merit, and it is so badly engraved. The original edition is superior in every way, from overall layout and density, page turns (no...
by DatOrganistTho
30 Mar 2016, 02:25
Forum: Engraving Commentaries
Topic: Mastering Rachmaninoff
Replies: 83
Views: 68823

Re: Mastering Rachmaninoff

OK, I will start. :) Here are very brief comments, and not all. 1. BW-balance: betweens tenutos, slurs, hairpins, flags, staff/barlines. It is to much different. 2. Hairpins stronger (less white), less opening. 3. Tenutos less black. 4. Some slurs should be edited to be less curved (first bars). So...