Re: Trill and nonstandard expressive mark

[David Kastrup]

David Kastrup <address@hidden> writes:

> Shane Brandes <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> The other question is purely musical. I have been working on a second
>> half 18th or early 19th century piece (prior to 1822) and keep running
>> across the dynamic marking "pf." I was wondering if anyone else has
>> seen the "pf" marking in a piano score. Presumably it means
>> "pianoforte", a reverse \fp, but it could be a mistake on the
>> engravers part or less likely some obscure indication for a non
>> standard pedal do-dad we no longer have? Anyway it is a bit strange.
>
> <URL:http://www.music.vt.edu/musicdictionary/textp/Pianoforte.html>
>
> A straightforward expressive mark, but hard to apply to a percussive
> instrument like the piano. unless it is something like a Pohlmann piano
> with a swell pedal.

Oh, but a quite common effect on a harmonium.  Sure that the music is
for piano?

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David Kastrup