On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 8:54 AM, John Howell <john.how...@vt.edu> wrote:
> Both Beethoven and Schumann did pretty well > fighting "the tyrany of the barline" using > completely conventional notation for their time, > and what they wanted is pretty darned clear. > Actually, Beethoven used cross-bar beaming to show syncopation across the barline in (e.g.) the Pathetique Sonata. I would be surprised if there are not examples in Schumann as well. Schumann certainly breaks beams to show phrasing. See Piano Quintet 1st mvmt reh E-G. In Brahms we certainly begin to see cross-bar beaming to show phrasing. _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
