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Re: Bar lines in hymns
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Dan Eble |
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Re: Bar lines in hymns |
Date: |
Mon, 20 Dec 2021 19:03:40 -0500 |
On Dec 20, 2021, at 16:46, Karlin High <karlinhigh@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 12/19/2021 1:44 PM, Dan Eble wrote:
>> Does anyone know a term for this bar line or practice?
>
> From a music tradition based on older American hymnals, I know this as a
> "phrase bar."
Thank you. That is the name I was planning to suggest.
> There are publications that used it mid-measure AND mid-system
Yes, I saw a lot of that when I was searching for the example in the OP.
> If you want more documentation, I can try to find it.
Don't put yourself out, though I am curious.
I found the following in _The Boston Handel and Haydn Society Collection of
Church Music_ [1]:
Calling it a "double bar" even when it has only one line is interesting, but I
suppose that "double" refers to its width.
I was also surprised to find that _The Celebration Hymnal_ (1997) has line-end
phrase bars that are no different than the bars that delimit measures.
—
Dan
[1]
https://www.google.ca/books/edition/The_Boston_Handel_and_Haydn_Society_Coll/hkcAAAAAYAAJ