The treble clef as handwritten by great composers

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Stravinsky again, 1927. Bass clef looks kind of sad, though.
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Bartok:
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liuscorne wrote: 03 Nov 2017, 16:10 Stravinsky again, 1927. Bass clef looks kind of sad, though.
Love this one. "Piano" is almost ready for font creation.
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Handel. Both forms are found in Messiah:
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Prokofiev:
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Berlioz:
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Arensky:
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Arensky, wow!
I am wondering how it would look to create a font based on one of these, as Arensky, and use it in Finale/Sibelius...
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I agree, OCTO. So far, Arensky seems to be the winner. But one also notices that there is no correlation between the beauty of the handwriting and the quality of the music.
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John Ruggero wrote: 12 Nov 2017, 15:14 I agree, OCTO. So far, Arensky seems to be the winner. But one also notices that there is no correlation between the beauty of the handwriting and the quality of the music.
"The better the handwriting, the better the composer."
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erelievonen wrote: 12 Nov 2017, 15:54
John Ruggero wrote: 12 Nov 2017, 15:14 I agree, OCTO. So far, Arensky seems to be the winner. But one also notices that there is no correlation between the beauty of the handwriting and the quality of the music.
"The better the handwriting, the better the composer."
Or not.
I think John means the quality of notation practice, not beauty of lines and curves.
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