At 01:02 PM 5/28/03 -0800, Mark D. Lew wrote: >It was only with your post that this turned into a debate about publishers >trying to suppress non-standard notation, which as far as I can tell nobody >is defending. I wonder if this whole discussion is a non-debate based on a >semantic misunderstanding.
This is where I jumped in: James O'Briant: "The composer used the beaming pattern (either unorthodox patterns within measures or cross-barline beaming) to try to convey interpretation or accents or rhythmic patterns. My opinion: To convey accents, use accents." That goes well beyond copy editing to re-writing content -- and, moreover, re-writing it incorrectly -- and it's the sort of behavior on the part of an editor/engraver/publisher that gets me aroused. Given the opportunity, musical editors (any editors, really) will generally push the blue pencil pretty far, and engravers will elevate themselves to editors. It's happened down through musical publishing history, and I think we can point to plenty of examples, from harmlessly absurd titles to significant re-writing. So my meddle-detector went off! :) Dennis _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
