Re: Slur over single note?

[David Wright]

On Tue 19 Jul 2016 at 18:58:36 (+0200), Urs Liska wrote:
> Am 19. Juli 2016 18:11:14 MESZ, schrieb "Joel C. Salomon" <address@hidden>:
> >On 2016-07-19 2:45 AM, tisimst wrote:
> >> It could be a LaissezVibrer tie, but I'm wondering if there isn't a
> >> connection to the next bar. The tie extends so far and touches the
> >> BarLine at the end of that measure that makes me wonder, but it's
> >only
> >> speculation at this point. Given the ending tip's vertical position,
> >> too, it almost looks like it could be a slur. What does the next bar
> >> look like?
> >
> >The next bar doesn’t have any partial ties or slurs.  
> 
> But is there an a or any other note that could reasonably be tied or slurred 
> to in the next measure?
> 
> From my experience as editor this really looks like a broken tie or slur 
> where the engraver forgot to supply the second part. This happens extremely 
> often.
> 
> Best would be an image of the next system.

Attached. Every bar in the piece looks like the other three bars,
except for two cadences at which beat 4 is a crochet in the bass.
So IMHO it's to make sure the note is sustained right through the
bar, as this movement lacks any pedalling. A tie here wouldn't make
sense in the context.

As I said in the other subthread, not being a pianist, I don't know
which hand plays the quavers in the upper staff and whether that has
implications for sustaining the note.

Cheers,
David.

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