At 6:49 PM +0200 8/7/11, Eric Fiedler wrote: >As a matter of fact, the comma _after_ the word >extension is not only more logical, as Daniel >has pointed out, but also standard practice in >Bärenreiter's Telemann Edition (which is what I >happen to have open at the moment) and >(probably) also the NBA (the publications, not >the teams!). So it would be _really_ nice to >have this option.
OK, here's a quick and dirty survey of U.S. Broadway Piano-Vocal scores. It's entirely possible that German writing has different punctuation rules. In fact I KNOW it does! The Pajama Game (© 1952): Punctuation after the word, not the extension. Annie Get Your Gun (© 1967[???]): Punctuation before the extension. Guys & Dolls (© 1949): Before the extension, but often omitted entirely! Oklahoma! (© 1943): Before the extension, but often omitted. My Fair Lady (© 1956): Before the extension. Kiss Me, Kate (© 1951): Before the extension. I doubt that you'll find anything different in U.S. publications. That's why I reacted as I did. And as a simple practical matter, a singer often HAS to know what the punctuation is GOING to be, in order to express it properly. John -- John R. Howell, Assoc. Prof. of Music Virginia Tech Department of Music School of Performing Arts & Cinema College of Liberal Arts & Human Sciences 290 College Ave., Blacksburg, Virginia 24061-0240 Vox (540) 231-8411 Fax (540) 231-5034 (mailto:john.how...@vt.edu) http://www.music.vt.edu/faculty/howell/howell.html "Machen Sie es, wie Sie wollen, machen Sie es nur schön." (Do it as you like, just make it beautiful!) --Johannes Brahms _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
