I agree with you. It's only necessary to put an "a tempo" after a
fermata if there is a "rall.", "rit." or other such tempo change just
before it. This becomes very clear in a piece with a lot of fermatas,
like the duet between Dorabella and Guglielmo in "Cosi fan Tutte": an
"a tempo" after each fermata would look silly.
Michael
On 9 Oct 2008, at 07:30, Ryan Beard wrote:
Just a quick opinion poll:
Should an "A tempo" marking come after a fermata?
No rit. or accel. precedes the fermata.
I don't believe it's necessary, but a client thinks it is. I'll
probably give in to his demands since he's writing the check, but I
think it's superfluous nonetheless.
In my opinion an A tempo "cancels" a rit or accel. A rhythmic
"natural sign" to cancel a "flattening" or "sharpening" of the
tempo, if you will. A fermata is self-contained and it's understood
that the tempo resumes. Putting an "A tempo" after a fermata makes
me think that a "rit" marking is missing from the music (in fact, a
"rit" is the first thing I looked for after I saw his A Tempo
correction in the music...)
Enough opining on my part.
Ryan
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