Re: Gounod - Le Rendez Vous

[Simon Albrecht]

On 22.11.2015 14:52, tisimst wrote:
> One other thing I noticed in Valse 2, m. 42-43 - remove staccato from 
> tied end notes. They just don't make sense. I would guess the one in 
> the source engraving (m. 42) is a typo as it is omitted in the next 
> measure. 

It is definitely not. There is perfect consistency between the staccato 
dots in mm. 37f. and 41–43: the crotchets are supposed to be cut short. 
The first note in m. 44 already is a quaver, and the slur from the next 
note also suggests playing it short, so there is no necessity for the 
dot here. In general, please be careful about changing notation in such 
situations! If you can’t make any sense from that which the composer 
wrote, that doesn’t mean there is none. The 19th century used a number 
of notational features, which were forgotten during the 20th century, 
such as the distinction between (de)crescendo and hairpins. If we as 
modern editors iron out these, we are in danger of eradicating 
information which contains important hints on the performance practice 
and intent of the music.

Yours, Simon