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Re: Proofreading suggestions

Posted: 07 Feb 2022, 14:38
by John Ruggero
:) :) Anyone looking for a sex tour is going to be bitterly disappointed.

Poulenc's "Sextour" is prolific when one does a web search. Perhaps these too will soon be taken down.

Re: Proofreading suggestions

Posted: 07 Feb 2022, 16:14
by OCTO
MalteM wrote: 07 Feb 2022, 14:22 Not only Peters makes such mistakes but also Hansen with Poulenc’s “Sex tour”: https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/se ... c/16656583
Haha! I think the reason is because in Danish "sex" means 6.

But, "Sryinx" - I can't even pronounce it. :)
Fred G. Unn wrote: 07 Feb 2022, 14:28 :lol: They've even taken the image off their site. Clicking on it just shows "Image Currently Unavailable" LOL

https://www.edition-peters.com/product/ ... ute/ep9160
Let me check if Archive.org has the latest snapshot. That must be screenshoted!

Re: Proofreading suggestions

Posted: 07 Feb 2022, 17:27
by Anders Hedelin
What if Poulenc's Sex Tour is a completely different work from his Sextour? Posthumous? Known to just a few, like Hansen?

Re: Proofreading suggestions

Posted: 08 Feb 2022, 03:20
by John Ruggero
His Sex tour is known only to a few because it was banned soon after publication. :)

Well, it is now quite clear what step one in proofreading should be. ;)

Re: Proofreading suggestions

Posted: 05 Sep 2024, 17:02
by Fred G. Unn
Bumping this older thread because I picked up a neat little book published in 1915 called "Music Book Printing" that has a good summary of the proofreading markings of the time. Most of these are still used!
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Re: Proofreading suggestions

Posted: 05 Sep 2024, 17:46
by John Ruggero
You must love used book stores as much as I do.

I wish I were as disciplined in proofreading as in that book, and that is the main problem.

Re: Proofreading suggestions

Posted: 06 Sep 2024, 20:37
by NeeraWM
I just love proofreading, I ... love ... it!
Thank you for sharing this!

Re: Proofreading suggestions

Posted: 06 Sep 2024, 21:20
by JJP
NeeraWM wrote: 06 Sep 2024, 20:37 I just love proofreading, I ... love ... it!
Haha! Around here we joke that the definition of proofreading is, "Musicians silently staring at music while questioning their life choices." ;)

A little gallows humor can be fun every now and then, especially after too many long days of proofing.

Re: Proofreading suggestions

Posted: 06 Sep 2024, 22:20
by NeeraWM
JJP wrote: 06 Sep 2024, 21:20 Haha! Around here we joke that the definition of proofreading is, "Musicians silently staring at music while questioning their life choices." ;)

A little gallows humor can be fun every now and then, especially after too many long days of proofing.
Black humour is the spice of life, isn't it?! ;)
In any case, yes, I often question my life choice when I wonder whether that slur's shoulder is too steep or not!

By the way, where more or less is "here" for you?!

Re: Proofreading suggestions

Posted: 06 Sep 2024, 22:39
by JJP
NeeraWM wrote: 06 Sep 2024, 22:20
JJP wrote: 06 Sep 2024, 21:20 By the way, where more or less is "here" for you?!
I am in Los Angeles.