At 10:06 AM +0200 9/25/07, Johannes Gebauer wrote:
Can someone tell me which is correct?:
"Because of the extremely high _tessitura_
of the violin writing, it was decided not to
reproduce the pitch location exactly."
Should it be "tessitura", "tessiture", "tessituri", or "tessituras"?
Perhaps it is important to note that this is about more than one piece.
Personal opinion only:
The noun being referenced is "writing," modified to "violin writing"
and the object of the prepositional phrase "of the violin writing."
It is a singular noun, and not plural as in "writings." Therefore
the reference is to the writing in general and it doesn't matter how
many pieces there are. And therefore I would use the singular
"tessitura."
I don't, of course, understand the sense of the quotation. Why would
one not reproduce the pitch exactly?!
John
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