that is indeed "Langsam" in old Kurrentschrift love those puzzles :-)
Thomas Schaller On Jun 25, 2015, at 10:56 AM, David Froom <dfr...@smcm.edu> wrote: > Very off topic: > > I'm trying to figure out a word, tempo marking, in a Schubert manuscript, the > initial tempo marking for Auf dem Flusse from Winterreise. > > The manuscript for the first page is here: > > http://www.schubert-online.at/activpage/manuskripte_en.php?werke_id=440&werkteile_id=&image=MH_05391_D911_037.jpg&groesse=100&aktion=einzelbild&bild_id=38 > > I can see that Schubert crossed out the word Mäßig, but I can't read what he > replaced it with. In most of the published editions I can find, it is given > as Langsam, but that clearly isn't what he wrote. Sometimes it is given as > Mäßig, but that is clearly crossed out. Mäßig appears in an earlier copy in > Schubert's hand (also available online through the Morgan library), but this > later copy changes that (along with a few other minor things). > > Can anyone make out the word? > > Thanks, > David Froom > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > Finale@shsu.edu > https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: > finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu