On 1 Jun 2004 at 16:42, Mark D Lew wrote: > > On Jun 1, 2004, at 2:42 PM, David W. Fenton wrote: > > > In the abstract, I just don't think there's any way to make any such > > determination with any certainty. > > Yes, but Johannes is not evaluating in the abstract. He's evaluating > based on comparison with similar markings in a large sample of other > scores of the same era.
But that does not mean that we absolutely know that Dennis's source is part of the same tradition -- Johannes may be drawing on practices in a repertory that are wholly irrelevant. And even in the repertory he's speaking of, it's still a contingent determination -- you look at the general practice, and then determine if that applies to the source at hand. -- 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
