Funny notations 😁

[Den]

Yes, nothing wrong, but after 3 bar you can go out ...

[John Ruggero]

Usually going out to the three bars follows the performance...

[Anders Hedelin]

Useful symbols in parts like this: (short rest), or (shortish rest), or (not so short rest), or (long rest).

[hautbois baryton]

I'll submit one of my own... took me a while on this one! (still hate the shape of the final slur)

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[OCTO]

or (not so short rest), or (long rest).

I think after a couple of -rests goes then . So I would be careful when notating several -rests: maybe as one -multimeasure rest?

[Anders Hedelin]

You are definitely on to something there, OCTO! I just fear that the multimeasure thing could be a bit risky too: ...

[Anders Hedelin]

Hindemith's Ludus Tonalis is a learned, contrapuntal piano work, consisting (mainly) of preludes and fugues. Probably you wouldn't expect it to be exactly funny, but here is a score, revised by the composer himself:

Whether the revision has a didactic or scientific purpose is somewhat unclear.

[Anders Hedelin]

Needless to say, I wouldn't recommend H's approach in your Beethoven edition, John.

[John Ruggero]

I've seen it before, Anders. I don't think it is an actual published revision, but some personal art work given as a gift. I found the following interesting article about it and Mendelssohn's art work:

https://mtosmt.org/issues/mto.10.16.3/m ... alden.html

Yes, I have restricted myself to footnote annotations in the Beethoven piano sonatas; the music is colorful enough on its own.

[Anders Hedelin]

I haven't seen the article before, John. It was interesting in a way, explaining the significance of H's illustrations, which I appreciate. But as it goes with these things, the scientific seriousness of the project somewhat soils the subject.