Am 16.07.2013 20:23, schrieb Kieren
MacMillan:
Hello all,
I'm getting close with my Henle piano stylesheet(s) — see attached.
Once this is ready, I'm going to document it and put it up on the Lilyblog.
I think the last thing I need is an "oval BarNumber enclosure" (see photo).
Can anyone help with that?
Thanks,
Kieren.
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Hi Kieren,
now I've finally laid hand on my copy of Henle's Beethoven Sonatas
(Just to be sure: it's a two volume edition, number 32, (c) 1952/80,
the preface is signed with 'Winter 1975/76')
If I'm now going through it and do some nitpicking this of course
doesn't mean I'm less impressed by it than before ...
I compare to a laser printout of a file compiled with LilyPond
2.17.22.
Interestingly, all issues I saw myself are actually differences from
the original model:
- The "Presto" is somewhat too tight at the staff, and possibly
slightly too wide.
Correction: This has improved between 2.17.18 and 2.17.22
(although the font is still wider)
- M. 4 (both hands) Fermata and prolongation dot are too tight.
- The inter-staff space in the third system is too small.
This doesn't only look strange by itself, but the cross-staff
octaves in m. 16/17 are really problematic
- The staccato dots in m. 25 and 29 should be placed inside the
staff
There are a few more things I now notice in direct comparison:
- The fonts of Dynamics and Text Scripts are astonishingly
similar
(which may be one of the reasons why the overall impression is
so convincing)
- (not suprisingly) there are many little differences in the way
slurs are attached to notes.
In particular I think that Henle tends to start stem-side slurs
much closer to the notehead
see for example
- the initial upbeat
- upbeat to m. 5
- l.h. m. 31-32
This tends to result in a tighter impression.
- Longer phrasing slurs may be slightly irregular, e.g. the ones
over m. 5-6
This allows to 'enclose' the notes tighter through a curve that
couldn't be expressed by a simple bezier _expression_.
- The 'cresc.' in m. 18 isn't whited out (can you say that?) in
Henle
-> There I definitely prefer your LilyPond version.
Differences to the musical text (of my copy?):
- m. 22: the topmost f sharp should be parenthesized
- The chord at the end of m. 15 shouldn't have a staccato
- In m. 31 a 'sf' is missing on the second crotchet
And finally: Shouldn't you consider to include the fingerings
too?
Keep up the good work!
Best
Urs