dc wrote:
dhbailey écrit:
However, the term "Music Typesetting" would also be possible with no
misunderstanding, but I would hold out for "Music Engraving."
I'm curious: wouldn't "music typesetting" in its original sense refer to
music printed from movable type, as opposed precisely to engraving? In
which case engraving would be closer than typesetting to what one does
on the the computer.
And regardless of the orginal meaning, I think "engraving" has a higher
quality connotation than "setting", so it would have my preference.
I guess it all comes down to semantics, and I, too, like "engraving"
better than "typesetting" but I'm not sure with computers which we're
actually closer to.
Engraving implies using a tool to place certain objects but also using
gravers and scrapers and other tools to hand-draw many of the elements.
Typesetting implies taking pre-formed items and placing them in the
proper sequence to get the desired printed result.
I don't hand-draw any of the elements in Finale, I take them from
pre-formed items and place them in their proper places, which could be
construed as being closer to typesetting than to engraving. Yes, I do
hand-shape certain slurs and ending brackets, but I am not hand-drawing
them, merely reshaping the preformed elements.
On the other hand, the printed result looks much more like hand-engraved
music than it looks like typeset music.
Perhaps we need to use a new term in situations such as Johannes's, and
have the publisher give the credit:
"Music computer-engraved by Johannes Gebauer"
--
David H. Bailey
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