>while i certainly cannot doubt your knowledge regarding >baroque/renaissance traditions and interpretation [having almost none >myself], i will suggest that it is erroneous to import a brahms >performance context into a 20th century notational context in order to >justify the claim that 'quarter=dotted quarter' when changing from 4/4 to >12/8 still applies as a standard and can be taken for granted, and thus >not have to be notated. > >equal visual representation of duration = equal temporal interpretation of >duration; 8th=8th regardless of the change in time signature [when no >other indication is present at the junction]. > >jef
Hi, Jef! You are certainly entitled to share your opinion, and you may very well know a lot more about the notation of 20th century art music than I do. Nevertheless, I've never come across a case in which 8 = 8 in a switch from 4/4 to 12/8. In fact it would stop me dead in my tracks until I could take the time to figure out how to play it that way. "Taken for granted"? I can't see it that way. Many too many examples otherwise, not just in Brahms but in many common 20th century styles. John John & Susie Howell Virginia Tech Department of Music Blacksburg, Virginia, U.S.A. 24061-0240 Vox (540) 231-8411 Fax (540) 231-5034 (mailto:John.Howell@;vt.edu) http://www.music.vt.edu/faculty/howell/howell.html _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
