I agree - language is consensual, so common usage governs decisions like this.
(More OT: I can’t wrap my head around contemporary usage of subjective pronouns in what should be the objective case. Even supposedly educated people - journalists, for instance, say things like, “Someone took a photograph of the president and I”.) Sorry about that. Just venting. Chuck > On Jan 15, 2015, at 11:42 AM, Robert Patterson <[email protected]> > wrote: > > In this particular case, I would choose L'istesso tempo (assuming you score > is otherwise in English), simply because it is the most common musical > notation I remember seeing. The other two would communicate what you want > as well. > > In general, though, I think fussing over Italian grammar for a score in > English (or any language other than Italian) is perhaps misplaced. Words > like "tutti" and "viola" (plural: "violas") have entered the lexicon of > other languages, in particular including English. (Check a dictionary if > you have doubts.) So, for example, if an orchestral score calls for > "Trumpets" and "Trombones" it should call for "Violas" (rather than > what-would-it-be, "Viole?") and it is perfectly acceptable to specify > "tutti" for the violas as well as the violins in such a score (rather than > the Italian-grammar-correct "tutte"). > > > On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 1:26 PM, [email protected] < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> L'istesso tempo o L'Istesso tempo (no reason for capital "I") >> is old Italian spelling. >> "Lo stesso tempo" is contemporary italian language. >> No difference in between >> >> >> >> Il 15/01/2015 19.51, Ryan ha scritto: >>> Hello list, >>> >>> Which is correct (or preferred): >>> >>> L'istesso tempo (small letter "i") >>> L'Istesso tempo (capital letter "I") >>> Lo stesso tempo >>> >>> I've seen all these in print in various reputable publications. Is one >> more >>> correct than another? Is there any distinction to be made between them? >>> >>> Thanks! >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Finale mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >>> >>> To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: >>> [email protected] >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Finale mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >> >> To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: >> [email protected] >> > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: > [email protected] _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: [email protected]
