On 14 Nov 2008 at 9:04, dc wrote: > David W. Fenton écrit: > >I'm always suspicious of people who are suspicous of "notes". Notes > >tell us things that we need to know and are usually not superfluous, > >except to those who want to remain unencumbered by facts. > > The English language is such that "unencumbered by superfluous notes" can > also mean that there are notes, but no superfluous ones. I'm always > suspicious of one-way readings...
But "unencumbered" has a clear connotation, as does "superfuous." I think it unlikely given the clear bias against a certain kind of notes considered by the editor to be unnecessary, that there are any notes. Besides, one person's "useless" is another person's "invaluable." I have always seen Minkoff as something of a non-scholarly publisher (more like a book or art dealer), and that line seems hostile to scholarship, or one of those cases of recasting what some would consider a drawback (no scholarly apparatus) as a plus (no editorial interference). Prove me wrong, Dennis -- show me that there are notes, and that this is not an example of commercial promotion (i.e., advertising speak) at the expense of academic rigor. -- David W. Fenton http://dfenton.com David Fenton Associates http://dfenton.com/DFA/ _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
