On 2 May 2005 at 22:22, Johannes Gebauer wrote:

> David W. Fenton schrieb:
> > On 2 May 2005 at 16:22, Johannes Gebauer wrote:
> > 
> > 
> >>To be honest, I have rarely seen tenor clefs in late 18th century
> >>cello parts, and there is no special reason for using treble clefs,
> >>it is just a very normal way of notating high cello passages in
> >>classical/early romantic music. It's not notated as 8va or 8vb, but
> >>as far as I know it is always read an octave down. I just want to
> >>make sure this is the case.
> > 
> > I see it all the time in my repertory, and it's just read an octave
> > down.
> 
> Is this _always_ or _most of the time_ in your experience? Are there
> exceptions to the rule? Does it depend on whether it is manuscript or
> printed?

I've never encountered any in the contemporary sources of the 
repertory I'm dealing with (i.e., keyboard chamber music).

Hardly any of my repertory is in MS, and I don't remember 
encountering any instances of it.

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David W. Fenton                        http://www.bway.net/~dfenton
David Fenton Associates                http://www.bway.net/~dfassoc

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