NOTATIO

I wouldn't have thought twice about what Beethoven was doing, but this is interesting and I'm willing to revisit it again. When it comes to manuscripts, it is far more important to composers to get the idea on the paper FIRST before observing any rules of notation. I can't find a single composer who...

In a cursory glance through various sources, it becomes clear that Lyrics aligned to a melody are to be centered underneath unless that lyric occupies a melisma, in which case it is left-aligned. Some cases can be shifted around depending on the length of the word. However, I have not heard much com...