Re: Controlling slur engraver

[Phil Holmes]

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From: "Helge Kruse" <address@hidden>
To: "Phil Holmes" <address@hidden>
Cc: <address@hidden>
Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2012 5:07 PM
Subject: Re: Controlling slur engraver


> Am 01.05.2012 14:26, schrieb Phil Holmes:
> > As a matter of interest, what period is this?
>
> That's 18th century.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Wilhelm_Hertel
>
> Regards,
> Helge

In that period, I would have certainly expected most composers to be using 
slurs.  Mozart certainly was, as evidenced by lots of his manuscripts. 
Gardner Read (page 265) says that they were commonly used in 17th and 18th 
century music, placing them over two notes of short duration to indicate 
accentuation.  He also says that it was commonly used in the eighteenth 
century to indicate legato.

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Phil Holmes