On Fri, 16 Nov 2001 09:48:11 +0100 (MET), Karl-Heinz Herrmann
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>> Example: "Ort tr�gt viel zur Ausnahme der Musik bey" (Quantz)
>>
>
>As a German -- this makes no sense. Could this be a typographical error?
>
Nope. The word is no longer used in this sense today, but it comes
from the verb "ausnehmen" -- and that certainly does still have the
meaning of "to make out" (it's even in the mass-market German-English
dictionary I have in front of me as I type).
So Quantz is saying that the surroundings in which music is performed
has a great effect on HOW IT SOUNDS to the listener. I assume this is
in the context of live vs. dry acoustics?
Quantz, C.P.E. and Leopold Mozart, not to mention Ernst Gottlieb
Baron, are full of word usages that make speakers of modern German do
a double-take, but it's usually not too hard to work out from context
what they mean.
Eva
PS: Jean-Pierre, please feel free to get in touch with me off-list (or
on it, if you think it'd be of general interest) if you come across
any other examples of unclear usage. I'll be happy to help as much as
I can.
--
"Everyone who has anything at all to do with music should be
happy, because music is the best of mankind's achievements."
-- Sena Jurinac, 1.11.2001
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