Hello, There is a passage in Steven Powell's Music Engraving Today that reads:
"Ritardando poco is correct Italian, but Poco rit. is often used by publishers. Similarly, diminuendo poco a poco is correct, though poco a poco diminuendo is frequently used. As my editor says, 'an additional justification for using dim. poco instead of poco dim. is that it puts the function first -- in cases where poco a poco comes first and extends for several bars, one doesn't know what activity is taking place: rit., accel., dim., cresc., etc. When the function comes first the performer knows precisely what to do from the moment he first sees the instruction."
I have a client who has a strong preference for Poco rit. over Rit. poco. He has also consulted with a friend who is a native Italian speaker, who says that the passage quoted above is incorrect -- that Poco rit. is the correct Italian word order.
I'm curious as to what the native Italian speakers on this list say. Cheers, - Darcy ----- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brooklyn, NY _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
