I believe I was the first in this thread to use "aesthetic" in regard to engraving, and want to clarify that I did NOT use it in a negative, ironic or derogatory way. I should let Jim O'Briant speak for himself, but my guess is he also doesn't use "aesthetics" in a derisive way, as he is a music publisher.

Thanks for not misunderstanding!

At 11:53 AM 5/25/03, you wrote:
> -----Original Message-----
> From: James O'Briant [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> But I stand firmly against notation "gimmicks" for purposes of style or
> engraving aesthetics or the like.

What composers do is one thing, but what engravers do is another. One can argue about the pros and cons of various engravers' "aesthetics"--a word apparently meant to deride--but the fact is all of them exist for the sole purpose of rendering the music easier to read.

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