Re: missing term in Icking glossary

[joe ferguson]

My experience is pretty well limited the choral literature.  In that 
genre  the usual interpretation of the tenuto is one of subtle emphasis, 
as an indication of phrasing.

Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote:

> David Raleigh Arnold wrote:
>
> > address@hidden wrote:
> >
> > > Hi!
> > > In finnish this symbol is called "viiva" or "tenuto".
> > >
> > > But generally, tenuto means
> >
> >
> >
> > I tried to avoid the issue by confining my remark to
> > the tenuto *mark*.  One can define "tenuto" as "holding"
> > and leave it at that, but the mark "-" is in the real
> > world composer-specific in meaning.  A frank admission
> > of that, no matter how worded, would be very nice in the
> > glossary.
>
>
> I would say that this is a more  universal observation. E.g. the 
> interpretation of sfz ,  > and ^ also depend on the composer/era.

--
Joe Ferguson