On 29 May 2003 at 8:13, Michael Edwards wrote: > I understand Beethoven sometimes titled movements "Menuetto", where this is > incorrect Italian, and it should be "Minuetto" (or perhaps it's the other way > around - I don't speak or read Italian, apart from common musical terms). As > far as I know, many editions of Beethoven's music perpetuate these errors.
That's because they art transmitting what Beethoven wrote. Orthography has not been as well-defined in the past as it is today. Lots of things were tolerated back then in terms of inconsistency of spelling that would not be tolerated in modern usage. I think modern editors should lighten up. -- David W. Fenton http://www.bway.net/~dfenton David Fenton Associates http://www.bway.net/~dfassoc _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
