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Re: Large time signatures


From: Kim Bastin
Subject: Re: Large time signatures
Date: Tue, 07 Sep 2004 19:44:15 +1000

On Tue, 07 Sep 2004 11:21:15 +0200, Arvid Grøtting wrote:

>Kim Bastin <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> Well, I could give "scores" of examples, but I'm not sure what pieces
>> or editions you can conveniently consult. Anyway, here are a few from
>> one pile of music on my shelves:
>>
>> Schoenberg: Klavierstück Op. 33a, Universal-Edition Nr. 9773
>> Schoenberg: Klavierstück Op. 33b, Belmont Music Publishers BEL 1003
>> Schoenberg: Sechs Stücke für Klavier zu vier Händen (1896). Belmont
>> Music Publishers BEL-1019
>> Schoenberg: Fünf Klavierstücke Op. 23, Wilhelm Hansen Edition nr. 2326
>> Schoenberg: Suite Op. 29, Universal Edition UE 8685
>> Schoenberg: Sechs Stücke für Männerchor. Bote & Bock, Berlin (a
>> different style to the above)
>
>Ah.  Schönberg.  Like I guessed to myself.
>
>[...]
>
>> Can this style be emulated in Lilypond?
>
>Let me ask you a question, quite seriously, coming from a singer
>having to read such music once in a while:
>
>Why would you want to?
>
>(I'm a tenor, so the line I read is close to the number that actually
>changes.  It's still quite a nuisance.)

Because it's a recognised and long-established engraving style. If a
composer or publisher wants it, I should be able to supply it. 

Kim Bastin




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