Dear Dennis,
If the pieces are from the 15th or early 16th century (Ockeghem,
Josquin, Isaac, Mouton, Févin, Certon, etc.), it's quite likely that
the ensemble should be ATTB, not SATB, in which case I would use the
modern tenor clef for the second part from the top and mark the parts
as Alto, Tenor 1, Tenor 2, Bass. Another possibility for such pieces
is to transpose them so that they fit SATB ranges.
However, if the top part is really a soprano part (soprano clef
or treble clef in the original), then the second part from the top
should be in treble clef.
Hal
In the pieces I'm editing, the alto part, written in the traditional alto clef (C3), of course, is generally fairly low, in other words more often in the bottom half of the staff than in the upper half. Which means, transcribed into treble clef, more often than not on ledger lines. I'm very tempted to use the modern tenor clef (G clef at the octave) instead of the regular treble clef. Is this something that will upset singers or choir conductors? Actually, the alto clef is much closer to the former (2nd) than to the former (7th), at it would be more logical to use the same clef as the tenor. What do you think?
Dennis
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