NOTATIO

I wonder if in the image attached the fermata placement for the piano part conveys a different musical meaning, as opposed to the (more standard) fermata in the voice staff... any thoughts?

Felipe Copaja

I’m interested to hear others’ thoughts as well. I’ve seen this numerous times and I could never make sense why a fermata would be placed this way. I would place it like the upper staff does.

maybe some misguided effort to have the voice avoid doing an a-mennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn rather then an a-meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeen?

it's a hand-written score, I'd chalk it up to a writing error.

It looks theoretically impossible to me. I mean, mathematically impossible.

OCTO wrote: ↑11 Aug 2023, 15:39 It looks theoretically impossible to me. I mean, mathematically impossible.

Agreed, but I find it at least weekly in my researches ...
I've now come to accept it as a copyist's slip.