At 6:22 PM +0100 9/1/11, Steve Parker wrote: >This is consistent with how it's played on my cd too. > >Steve P. > >On 1 Sep 2011, at 18:08, Andrew Levin wrote: > >> t's the equivalent of a slur over staccato. Source: Clive Brown's >> *Classical and Romantic Performing Practice, 1750-1900
Right. That would be a portato, as I suggested. No real reason to think so, except that no other explanation makes any better sense. There is an article on Articulation in New Grove (1980), but it's remarkably short and gives no table of markings. It does say, "Articulation signs other than ornaments remained relatively rare through the Baroque era. Even in the late 18th century, when articulation signs of the modern, more abstract type became common, the distinction between staccato and staccatissimo was notated differently by different composers and interpreted unpredictably by their publishers or printers." Looking for uniform standards and practices in 18th century music is usually a losing proposition, as Kim has discovered previously. John -- John R. Howell, Assoc. Prof. of Music Virginia Tech Department of Music School of Performing Arts & Cinema College of Liberal Arts & Human Sciences 290 College Ave., Blacksburg, Virginia 24061-0240 Vox (540) 231-8411 Fax (540) 231-5034 (mailto:[email protected]) http://www.music.vt.edu/faculty/howell/howell.html "Machen Sie es, wie Sie wollen, machen Sie es nur schön." (Do it as you like, just make it beautiful!) --Johannes Brahms _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
