Recently while browsing the harpsichord list I came across a link to a complete downloadable facsimile of Duphly's harpsichord works: http://jacques.duphly.free.fr/accueil.html . Most of this is for solo harpsichord and has been published in an outrageously priced modern edition by Heugel. But in volume 3 there are some pieces that add a violin as a sort of accompaniment. They don't seem to be in the Heugel volume, and even if they were I would still be motivated to make a PCH Publishing edition just to make them available at a more reasonable price.
Anyhow, in working on La Madin several interesting issues came up related to which notes of the keyboard part go in which staves. I would like to have a rule that says "LH notes always in the lower staff, RH always in the upper." But I know this won't work all the time. So is this even a good starting point? If so, what are the exceptions? The first example involves crossed-hands. Here's an extract from the facsimile and of my version: http://icking-music-archive.sunsite.dk/software/duphly/duphlyex.gif As you can see, I elected to follow the basic rule. Now before anyone jumps all over me about messing around with the original layout, I want to point out that I found an example in a facsimile of one of J. B. de Boismortier's sonatas for flute and harpsichord (same score layout, same period) that was very similar to this, in which he did it the same way I did, complete with the necessarily frequent clef changes. The common feature is that the RH rests when the LH is crossed over. If the RH were playing, like for example in the crossovers in Bach's Fantasie in C minor BWV 906, then this approach might be confusing, so maybe that's one of the exceptions. The second example involves an arpeggio: http://icking-music-archive.sunsite.dk/software/duphly/lamadinex2.gif Here, I also chose to follow the rule. Moreover, in keeping with another rule I made up, I changed clefs to avoid using a third ledger line for the a. On the other hand, one could argue that Duphly's layout is more pleasing to the eye and is relatively unambiguous due to the stem directions and just the mechanics of playing it. Comments? --Don Simons _______________________________________________ TeX-music mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://sunsite.dk/mailman/listinfo/tex-music
