On 22 Feb 2009 at 22:13, Kim Patrick Clow wrote: > On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 9:51 PM, Harold Owen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > That is the bass part - the continuo. Violins don't play there. > > > But there are *two* staves, and only one was marked as basso continuo.
I've never seen any score from this period that allocated two staves for the continuo part. > In fact, in the next system, the copyist put treble clefs, but cancelled > them and put bass clefs in. It's very strange, and I don't have any suggestions as to what it's about. If it had been the violas, it would have been consistent with what someone on the list suggested recently about certain German practice (if I'm recalling correctly), but with violins, I haven't a clue! You say it was a copyist's score -- what is the situation with these sources and Telemann's autographs? When one considers the role of a score in this period (as a guide for a copyist to use in preparing a set of parts for performance), it seems even more baffling to me. You sure do get into some fun work, Kim! :) -- David W. Fenton http://dfenton.com David Fenton Associates http://dfenton.com/DFA/ _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
