Re: Key signatures repeated on every staff

[David Wright]

On Sat 15 Apr 2017 at 23:12:36 (+0100), Wols Lists wrote:
> On 15/04/17 21:55, Kieren MacMillan wrote:
> > Hi Wol,
> > 
> >> > most of the music I see from the turn of last century does NOT.
> 
> > Does not repeat the key signature? Fascinating! What field/genre are you 
> > working in?
> 
> Mostly published by either Boosey, or Hawkes. They merged about 1920 ... :-)
> 
> I think pretty much any pre-war (that is, WWI) music written for band,
> either Brass Band, or Brass and Reed. You get the key signature on the
> first system, and at the trio (where it changes). It's a pain, because
> it is the norm to have it on every system so when you get music like
> this you can't quickly check. Mind you, seeing as it's played on the
> march, you're concentrating on so much else that you tend just to feel
> the key, to some extent.

Quite understandable though. No page turns, so every inch of real
estate is precious. You lose the clef too.

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/media/loc.natlib.ihas.100010358/parts/p0001/0001.tif/2734

Cheers,
David.