Bratsche, that is...;-) Bratche is an "americanism"...;-) as is "Herr Docktor" (correct: Herr Doktor)
"Bratsche" in german is just a synonym for "viola" which is italian, actually. It is still in use, despite of all the "Bratschen-Witze" (viola jokes) that are around. I read a lot of American literature, and quite a lot of "german" that is misspelled (missspelled?) (I don't know, but this would be using the "new german orthographic rules"...;-))) Never mind... Just my 2 cent(imes) Kurt -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Im Auftrag von Florence + Michael Gesendet: Freitag, 18. Dezember 2009 00:39 An: [email protected] Betreff: Re: [Finale] TAN: Is "Bratschen" Obsolete? On 16 Dec 2009, at 17:36, John Howell wrote: > At 5:56 PM -0800 12/15/09, Ryan wrote: >> Is the term "Bratschen" for violas obsolete in German? Would it be >> better to >> use "Violen"? > > If you like, I could ask on the OrchestraList. Or the ViolaList. > I'm certainly not aware of any change from the traditional > terminology, which is embedded in every German-published score I've > ever seen, but there's no reason why I would be. > > I would think that there might be confusion between the term for > alto-tenor violin and that for viola da gamba if that change were > made, but then there's already confusion with the term viol in > English, which mean viola da gamba but could be taken to mean bass > viol (i.e. string bass or double bass or bass violin). There's no confusion and I have seen "Violen" or "Viola" in many German scores. If you look at lists of musicians on web pages of German orchestras you'll see both "Bratsche" and "Viola" being used (I just checked Mannheim, where I work, and SWR Baden-Baden, who both use "Viola", and the Berliner Philharmoniker, who use "Bratche"). Michael _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
