Otherwise music students is a fantastic page turning technology. Max
Max Langer, PhD 20 rue Diderot 38000 Grenoble France +33 631 94 21 92 On 15 March 2017 at 17:53, guy_and_liz Smith <guy_and_...@msn.com> wrote: > A melody line is handy, especially for recitative but I'd rather not deal > with a full score. Too many page turns. > > A related question: what did continuo players use back in the day, i.e., when > did we start publishing part music as a score? That's a common practice in > modern editions, but most of the 16th and early 17th century music that I've > played in various wind bands was originally published as individual parts, > often in separate books (Gesualdo being a notable exception). Most of the > Baroque music I've played (mainly opera and orchestral continuo) was in > (relatively) modern editions, so I'm not sure about the originals. At least > some Baroque music that I'm familiar with (Castello, for example), was > published as part music; continuo is just another part book. > > Guy > > -----Original Message----- > From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf > Of howard posner > Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2017 9:17 AM > To: Lute List > Subject: [LUTE] Re: Continuo: Score vs Part; also Page-Turners > > It’s always nice to have the score, or the melodic line, in the continuo > part. I’ve done a lot of cutting and pasting to avoid inconvenient page > turns. > >> On Mar 15, 2017, at 6:25 AM, Edward Chrysogonus Yong <edward.y...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> Dear Lutenetters who play basso continuo, >> Is there a preference either way for playing from bass part or full >> score, assuming both have the same figures? > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > >
