Re: 3 Voices one staff

[David Kastrup]

Simon Albrecht <address@hidden> writes:

> Am 04.05.2017 um 18:13 schrieb Johannes Roeßler:
>> With the direction of the stems indicating the hand
>
> I think in order to really judge it one needs more context. From what
> time is the music, are you in touch with the composer, what kind of
> editorial policies are imposed, … ?
> If it were 18th century music, the voice notation and stem direction
> would certainly not indicate hand distribution and turning the lower
> two voices into chords of one voice would be a sensible editorial
> decision (if I played it I’d probably distribute hands like that).

If it were 18th century music, mushing together separate voices into
chords would be a complete no-no.  Even when played on a simplistic
one-manual keyboard (or the new-fangled pianoforte), the player would be
expected to keep the separate voices coherent or he could without loss
be replaced with an automaton.

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David Kastrup