Re: question on a bach's canon: mordent & repeat

[Rutger Hofman]

On 06/15/2011 04:41 AM, Marc Mouries wrote:
> I don't mean the sign on the last bar of each staff but the sign in the
> final bar of the music, right after "g8 a8 b4" that looks like a mordant.

I'd say it is just a rest (r4). The last note has something that looks 
like an erased error on the lowest staff line.

Rutger

>     2011/6/14, Marc Mouries <address@hidden <mailto:address@hidden>>:
>      > Let me know if this is off-topic but i thought someone on the
>     list might
>      > know the answers.
>      > I am transcribing a Canon from Bach and would like your input.
>      >
>      > *1) The sign of the last measure.*
>      > The manuscript here:
>     http://www.greatjsbach.net/mscript_img/bwv1073.jpg and
>      > the score on IMSLP show at the end what looks like a mordent but
>     is not
>      > attached to a note. Would you have any idea about what it means?
>      >
>      >
>      > *2) Repeat*
>      > The manuscript shows marks indicating where each voice starts.
>     The repeats
>      > however are not clear.
>      > One score on IMSLP adds a rest before the repeat while another
>     score found
>      > on Icking Archive does not.
>      > Any idea which one is right?
>      >
>      >
>     
> http://imslp.org/wiki/Canon_in_A_minor,_BWV_1073_%28Bach,_Johann_Sebastian%29
>      > http://icking-music-archive.org/scores/bach/bwv1073/
>      >
>      >
>      > -Marc
>      >