Re: Score Layout, several questions

[Simon Albrecht]

Am 06.04.2015 um 15:50 schrieb N. Andrew Walsh:
> oh, heavens! I'm sorry, I didn't mean I was trying to reproduce them 
> (and yes, that's what I meant about the score: it looks like that, 
> though with oval noteheads. Just figuring out what printing technology 
> they were using would be interesting to me. I wonder if they were 
> deliberately using older types because of the liturgical nature of the 
> material).
No, it’s just a matter of typesetting (with moveable types) being 
cheaper than engraving (in copper plates) at the time.
~ Simon