Hello,
your friend is imho almost correct: nobody here in Italy would use
Rit. poco. However, that's not incorrect.
Also, both diminuendo poco a poco and poco a poco diminuendo are correct.
As far as fair usage is concerned, I think musicians get poco rit.
and rit. poco the same way (at a glance), because they are very small
statementes.
Regarding diminuendo poco a poco I agree with your editor.
I hope this helps
Giuliano Forghieri
At 23.47 01/11/2007, Darcy James Argue wrote:
Hello,
There is a passage in Steven Powell's Music Engraving Today that reads:
"Ritardando poco is correct Italian, but Poco rit. is often used by
publishers. Similarly, diminuendo poco a poco is correct, though poco
a poco diminuendo is frequently used. As my editor says, 'an
additional justification for using dim. poco instead of poco dim. is
that it puts the function first -- in cases where poco a poco comes
first and extends for several bars, one doesn't know what activity is
taking place: rit., accel., dim., cresc., etc. When the function
comes first the performer knows precisely what to do from the moment
he first sees the instruction."
I have a client who has a strong preference for Poco rit. over Rit.
poco. He has also consulted with a friend who is a native Italian
speaker, who says that the passage quoted above is incorrect -- that
Poco rit. is the correct Italian word order.
I'm curious as to what the native Italian speakers on this list say.
Cheers,
- Darcy
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