Kim Patrick Clow wrote:
Good day:
Hi all:
I am working on some 18th century manuscripts, many times I will see
"poco F" or "poco piano" or "poco forte." The default text setting in
some music engraving applications is for italic (e.g. Sibelius); but
aren't italics traditionally seen as editorial additions, wouldn't
having "poco" in italics be wrong if the wording is actually present
in the manuscript source(s)?
Thank you kindly,
Kim
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If you carefully examine the dynamic markings, they're in
italic already, so using italic for any modifying words
looks more uniform in my opinion. It also is what I'm used
to seeing in older engraved music.
Italics in music doesn't indicate editorial content -- most
of the time the use of [ and ] around the material is what
I'm used to seeing to indicate editorial addition.
--
David H. Bailey
dhbai...@davidbaileymusicstudio.com
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