On 19 Jan 2004 at 15:12, Johannes Gebauer wrote: > On 19.01.2004 14:50 Uhr, Pierre Bailleul wrote > > > Do you know the font used in Henle editions to indicate > > staccatissimo articulations? And where I can download it?? > > Henle's font is not available anywhere, Henle has the copyright on it > and is not selling it. > > Are you after the "wedge"-staccato sign? What's the matter with the > one in the Maestro font (perhaps only present in recent versions, > characters no 174 and 39)? > > If your version of Maestro doesn't include this symbol you could > download Finale NotePad for a more recent version.
The Maestro version is the first usable one to ship with Finale, but it's still not really quite right (it's not tall and thin enough, and the top should be rounded, not square). And, of course, calling it "staccatissimo" is a misrepresentation for large bodies of music in which it is used. In the 18th and early 19th century (through Beethoven) it really wasn't used in any systematic way as distinct from a plain old staccato dot, despite the claims of many nitpickers who start with pre-ordained conclusions when they examine the evidence. Anyone who has worked with editions and manuscripts of the period will know that there was simply no practice anywhere that made a distinction between the two that is broadly applicable. Indeed, I've never found any music where the distinction means anything at all musically. Of course, after Beethoven (approximately), this changed, though I'd hesitate to give it a name that implies merely an intensification of staccato. -- David W. Fenton http://www.bway.net/~dfenton David Fenton Associates http://www.bway.net/~dfassoc _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
