Re: An unusual marking

2016-08-01 Thread Richard Shann
On Mon, 2016-08-01 at 06:26 -0700, Andrew Bernard wrote: > Hi Richard, > > > As Pierre showed, it’s a violin bowing indication. Interestingly the > original engraving does not give it a name - it merely says ‘this > mark’. > > > I suppose you could call it a wedge. > > > Very easy to do in Po

Re: An unusual marking

2016-08-01 Thread Richard Shann
On Mon, 2016-08-01 at 14:30 +0200, Mats Bengtsson wrote: > > > > Does anyone recognize the attached marking (*) > > It seems to be a spanner of some sort, perhaps indicating a cresc. or > > swelling of some sort. > > If so, has anyone got some code to generate it? Without a name, it is > > diffic

Re: An unusual marking

2016-08-01 Thread Andrew Bernard
Hi Richard, As Pierre showed, it’s a violin bowing indication. Interestingly the original engraving does not give it a name - it merely says ‘this mark’. I suppose you could call it a wedge. Very easy to do in Postscript or with markup paths. Shall I generate this for you? Andrew On 1 August

Re: An unusual marking

2016-08-01 Thread Mats Bengtsson
Does anyone recognize the attached marking (*) It seems to be a spanner of some sort, perhaps indicating a cresc. or swelling of some sort. If so, has anyone got some code to generate it? Without a name, it is difficult to search for ... Richard (*) from an early 18th Italian composer, engr

Re: An unusual marking

2016-08-01 Thread Richard Shann
On Mon, 2016-08-01 at 12:19 +0200, Urs Liska wrote: > > > Am 01.08.2016 um 11:05 schrieb Richard Shann: > > > Does anyone recognize the attached marking (*) > > It seems to be a spanner of some sort, perhaps indicating a cresc. or > > swelling of some sort. > > What instrument is this staff for

Re: An unusual marking

2016-08-01 Thread Pierre Perol-Schneider
Hi Richard, See here (p. viii) for some explanation: https://books.google.fr/books?id=Lmc9FKQL7pMC&pg=PR9&lpg=PR9&dq=sonata+%22piani%22&source=bl&ots=V3uv7s7_ZW&sig=hs4FHLTxiHT-wp1RvpiiuYZ-ifY&hl=fr&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjLhZm1_p_OAhUCaRQKHQOKBqEQ6AEISTAK#v=onepage&q=sonata%20%22piani%22&f=false HTH, P

Re: An unusual marking

2016-08-01 Thread Urs Liska
Am 01.08.2016 um 11:05 schrieb Richard Shann: > Does anyone recognize the attached marking (*) > It seems to be a spanner of some sort, perhaps indicating a cresc. or > swelling of some sort. What instrument is this staff for? > If so, has anyone got some code to generate it? Without a name, it

An unusual marking

2016-08-01 Thread Richard Shann
Does anyone recognize the attached marking (*) It seems to be a spanner of some sort, perhaps indicating a cresc. or swelling of some sort. If so, has anyone got some code to generate it? Without a name, it is difficult to search for ... Richard (*) from an early 18th Italian composer, engraved i