On 1/25/05 1:05 PM, "Andrew Stiller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Jan 25, 2005, at 12:31 PM, Dean M. Estabrook wrote: > >> Perhaps it would not be beyond the pale (sp?) to give credit on a >> score to the engraver, as well as composer, arr., etc. After all, it >> is artistry, no? >> > > There is actually a long historical tradition of doing just that. In a > great many pre-computer editions, you will see an engraver credit at > the bottom right corner of the last page of music, in the form "Joe > Blow, eng." There's no reason this practice shouldn't be continued. > > To the best of my knowledge, such credits are put in by engravers on > their own initiative, simply as a way of signing their work. > After reading this, Andrew, I checked the back page and found "Processed and printed by Halstan & Co. Ltd., Amersham, Bucks., England." �Maybe it's not computer-engraved? �Because it certainly seems so ... all I know is it impressed this mostly-lurker enough to post ... Not that I ever got into the music OR education business for the glory, but it sure would be nice if engraving credit were given with regularity/consistency. �I lucked out that the few professional engraving jobs I've worked happened to have a wide distribution -- if my name were in the credits I'm sure it could have helped my business, instead of my having gone back to a day job ... ah, well. �I do like my day job. -- Mike _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
