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Fascinating! Thank you!

The composer's autograph is not available and his writing is usually correct, that is he includes ties. The editor is FEC Leuckart, Leipzig. From the other editions I have of this editor, it seems like it was a choice. Also Breitkopf used this around 1830 in some cello scores I have. Perhaps a Germa...

Here is an example in the piano of a very similar passage: Screenshot 2024-09-19 at 11.19.07.png The composer, a cellist with great experience on the piano, though, was quite precise in his notation, so I am not sure why this difference was used, but—at least in the German Cello School—it was quite ...

Here are a few direct examples from this piece, but I could provide plenty given enough time: Violin Part: Screenshot 2024-09-19 at 10.00.29.png Cello Part: Screenshot 2024-09-19 at 09.59.30.png The Piano part has no such issue whatsoever, so you may be right to assume it to be a strings-winds-only ...

I am writing the Critical Notes for an upcoming edition of a Piano Trio composed in 1851, even though I only have access to the 1874 source. Whenever a couple of tied notes is found under a longer slur, regardless of whether the two notes may be on opposite sides of a barline or not, the tie is not ...

Now … in Dorico (or in Sibelius for what matters), how do I centre the staccato dot on notehead when the global option is to have them centred on stem when I need the fingering as well? —without using a playing technique or symbol, I mean.

Thank you both!

Haha! Around here we joke that the definition of proofreading is, "Musicians silently staring at music while questioning their life choices." ;) A little gallows humor can be fun every now and then, especially after too many long days of proofing. Black humour is the spice of life, isn't ...

What is your opinion on staccato dots on stem side alignment? Center on notehead, on stem, half-centre? If there is no unanimous opinion, could you motivate your choice? If possible, could you also mention publishers that use one instead of the other with good reasons? Now, in a case like this, when...

The treble clef looks similar to the Novello one, seems a style in vogue in the UK at the time.
Is this book British or American?