Re: Fermata sign on the last bar division not printed

[Paul Scott]

David Raleigh Arnold wrote:

> A fermata is over a note or rest, a double bar, or a closing repeat
> sign.  If over a note or rest, it extends the duration.  Otherwise, it
> is equivalent to "fine", except that you can continue after the
> section it ends, IOW use it more than once.
>
> What could a fermata over an ordinary bar line possibly mean?  A bar
> has no duration, and you usually don't end at one.  Does the piece
> need a double bar?
>  
It means the same thing as a fermata over a double bar line:  stop and 
wait until the conductor starts the ensemble again.  It happens twice in 
the 1st movement of Rimsky-Korsakow's 3rd symphony (all right it's 
Kalmus! :) )

Paul Scott