The general rule, set forth for example in the chapter on the NBA in
Bärenreiter's "Editionsrichtlinien" (latest edition: Bärenreiter
2000), is that _all_ additions by the editor should be clearly
designated as such. This means _cursive_ for added text, dotted slurs
[in my humble opinion too fussy!) and so on. They go on to write that
"all text taken over from the source, including dynamic signs like f
and p etc.[and your poco forte] should be in normal, non-cursive
print." (p.63f.) Of course, if you want to put such markings in
cursive, as Finale and Sibelius seem to want to do, that you can put
your additions in [brackets], which is not particularly beautiful but
has the advantage of being intuitively clear to the user.
Cheers!
Eric
On 11.03.2010, at 01:46, Kim Patrick Clow wrote:
Good day:
Hi all:
I am working on some 18th century manuscripts, many times I will see
"poco F" or "poco piano" or "poco forte." The default text setting in
some music engraving applications is for italic (e.g. Sibelius); but
aren't italics traditionally seen as editorial additions, wouldn't
having "poco" in italics be wrong if the wording is actually present
in the manuscript source(s)?
Thank you kindly,
Kim
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