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by Harpsichordmaker
29 Apr 2023, 11:48
Forum: Problems and Solutions (Help)
Topic: Italian question
Replies: 34
Views: 27896

Re: Italian question

I’d say:

- Pedale [sempre] tenuto fino alla fine del movimento

Or

- Pedale tenuto per tutto il movimento.

Not “al fine”. “Fine” is feminine nowadays so it’s “alla fine”. Once it was used in masculine too (until the XIX century), today “la fine” means “the end”, “il fine” means “the purpose”.
by Harpsichordmaker
22 Apr 2023, 20:43
Forum: Engraver services / Publishers
Topic: Where is the best place to get sheet music perfect bound or saddle stitched?
Replies: 11
Views: 23107

Re: Where is the best place to get sheet music perfect bound or saddle stitched?

Thanks NeeraWM, I didn’t know of Primerate, I’ll check it as soon as I’ll have something to print.
by Harpsichordmaker
22 Apr 2023, 20:39
Forum: Other: Publishing production and Sales
Topic: How to print a softcover with larger spine
Replies: 17
Views: 24136

Re: How to print a softcover with larger spine

What about simply 5 different volumes, 1 score and 4 parts, each with its own cover? You could then have a carton box containing all of them, if you want (not necessary).
This would be my preferred solution, again it’s a cost-related issue.

More I see it, less I like Henle’s solution.
by Harpsichordmaker
21 Apr 2023, 21:27
Forum: Other: Publishing production and Sales
Topic: How to print a softcover with larger spine
Replies: 17
Views: 24136

Re: How to print a softcover with larger spine

I don’t fancy Henle solution as much. Is a two-volumes solution viable? The second volume could have the form of a closeable envelope which you put the separate parts in. This could prove to be too costly, hovever. Or you could try to simplify the second volume’s making, I could give you a couple id...
by Harpsichordmaker
16 Mar 2023, 16:17
Forum: Engraver services / Publishers
Topic: Where is the best place to get sheet music perfect bound or saddle stitched?
Replies: 11
Views: 23107

Re: Where is the best place to get sheet music perfect bound or saddle stitched?

This is great. Happen to know rates and overhead cost? I imagine I need to order 50 or so at a time. Here are my data: format: 24 cm x 32 cm (9.45in x 12,6in) binding: saddle stitch Cover: 240 g/sqm (designed by me) paper: 100 g/sqm pages: 80 2 copies. I payed 57 euros with shipping (Germany to Ita...
by Harpsichordmaker
14 Mar 2023, 12:18
Forum: Engraver services / Publishers
Topic: Where is the best place to get sheet music perfect bound or saddle stitched?
Replies: 11
Views: 23107

Re: Where is the best place to get sheet music perfect bound or saddle stitched?

I got outstanding results by Halstan, exactly two years ago: https://www.halstan.de/ You can choose the paper, the binding and so on. Great black print. They are the external facility publishers as Baerenreiter and Henle use for printing their editions. I am not sure if they still provide such servi...
by Harpsichordmaker
21 Jan 2023, 12:37
Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
Topic: Progressive correction in op. 54
Replies: 15
Views: 2731

Re: Progressive correction in op. 54

Yes John, precisely.
by Harpsichordmaker
20 Jan 2023, 21:08
Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
Topic: An interesting centered beam in op. 81a
Replies: 4
Views: 1800

Re: An interesting centered beam in op. 81a

A brilliant hypothesis, John. Only today I’ve learned Beethoven demanded for the first edition of his ninth symphony a strange lyrics alignment. Not “sanft” under one note as we would today, but “sa…” under the note and “nft” under the following, along with its proper syllable. There is a letter of ...
by Harpsichordmaker
20 Jan 2023, 16:15
Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
Topic: Progressive correction in op. 54
Replies: 15
Views: 2731

Re: Progressive correction in op. 54

Concerning analysis. Suppose I could produce a convincing analysis that shows that the famous A sharp in op. 106 must be an error. What would be a corresponding example in textual criticism? And could such an analysis made entirely by internal evidence and without reference to outside sources? Firs...
by Harpsichordmaker
15 Jan 2023, 19:13
Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
Topic: Progressive correction in op. 54
Replies: 15
Views: 2731

Re: Progressive correction in op. 54

This can only be true for truly great pieces of music, no? I mean, music with a very high degree of consistency, and from an era when the music was not mainly occasional. In the romantic era, yes. In the baroque era, less so. Bach himself did change melodic shapes to comply with keyboard extension, ...