Re: Henle piano template

[PMA]

Urs Liska wrote:
> Am 29.07.2013 20:04, schrieb PMA:
> > Urs Liska wrote:
> > > No, these don't, but I think that fingerings in itself _do_ belong in
> > > there, and if the original ones from Henle are copyrighted ...
> > It seems to me that the only fingerings
> > properly belonging in an Urtext ed
> > are those of the composer. If he / she
> > supplied none, then _none_.
> But I think what we are aiming at here is a reproduction of a given
> score/edition, in the current case Henle's Edition of Beethoven op. 10/3.
> Whether an Urtext edition should or should not contain editorial
> fingerings - or whatever editorial decisions you might to name - isn't
> the question at hand. This is a complex issue which would probably have
> been answered quite differently if you ask it 1950, 1980 or today. I
> really vote for working towards the 'style', at least at the moment.
> And for that the fingering style of Henle's edition should be part of
> the challenge, especially as good engraving of fingerings isn't trivial.
>
> Urs

True, the question at hand had not invited my remark.
It had, tho, stirred up my old impression that Henle's
use of "fingerings by..." reduces their "Urtext" claim to
falsehood.  Perhaps I'd have interpreted the term less
strictly, had I not as a pianist counted on blank space
to scribble in _my_ fingerings.

PA