On 8 Oct 2007 at 16:32, Kim Patrick Clow wrote: > On 10/8/07, dc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Could you post an image? > > Yes: > > http://www.bytenet.net/kpclow/finale/praetorius.jpg
Looks like phrase marks to me, which would be essential in dance music. I have recently entered viol/vocal music from the same edition (to make parts) and saw no such phrase marks. > What was interesting was to actually look at Praetorius' vocal music, > and I was a bit taken back out, how "thin" it looks compared to what I > hear on CD performances-- especially the CD that Paul McCreesh > recorded "Praetorius: Mass for Christmas Morning" on DG-Archiv, which > was performed with so many exotic instruments, winds, trumpets and > percussionists. A quick glance at the music scores for these pieces > just listed groups of instruments, with nothing specifically notated. > I suppose subsitution is allowed, but I was a bit disheartened to find > that the percussion that I love so much, was not in the original > sources. Doesn't Praetorius in his book say that you're supposed to double instruments on the voices, and gives substantial leeway in doing so? I don't know if he talks about adding percussion, but I think he covers it in his list and diagrams of instruments, which implies that they were used, of course. In the NYU Collegium we've always doubled voices/instruments in this kind of repertory (though we don't always double all voices). -- David W. Fenton http://dfenton.com David Fenton Associates http://dfenton.com/DFA/ _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
