Re: Upbeat as full measure or not?

[Alexander Kobel]

On 09/02/2014 12:36 PM, Malte Meyn wrote:
> I think this is not a matter of engraving rules but you should follow
> the composer. (If I was the composer I would prefer a version with a
> full measure beginning with a rest in this case. But I’m not Albert
> Becker.) I’ve seen both versions in different pieces from different
> composers.
>
> Also, your version 1 is wrong. Soprano and Tenor must have r4 r2; I’m
> pretty sure that one never writes full measure rests in a partial measure.

Good catch, and actually the part of the question I forgot to ask... 
But I guess I like your assessment that the proper notation should 
primarily depend on the musical or "upbeat" character as you stated in 
your second mail:

> The first beat of measures 6 and 40 is not the ending of the phrase
> before, but the beginning of a new one (phrases end in 5 and 39). So
> in my opinion this measure “Bleibe” doesn’t have an “upbeat
> character”.


Thanks,
Alexander