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April 21, 2021Read More
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In general, all the rhythmic values in an A-R Recent Researches edition should be transcribed from their source in a 1:1 ratio. That said, it is almost always necessary to make some small graphical adjustments to both notes and rests from most sources. Here is a quick guide to A-R house style for the graphical presentation of notes and rests.
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February 10, 2021Read More
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There are four principal factors in determining score order in Renaissance vocal music: modern choral score order, defined, in descending order, as soprano, alto, tenor, and bass (SATB); voice names employed by the original manuscript or print; clefs assigned to the original parts; and the vocal ranges of the parts. Because of the prevalence of modern choral score order, all editions should begin with this as the guiding editorial rule: voices are arranged in standard choral order from highest to lowest.
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January 13, 2021Read More
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Composers and notators throughout history have employed a variety of notations to indicate repetitions of musical passages, from repeat barlines to first and second endings to more complicated verbal instructions like da capo al fine or dal segno al fine. Here are some tips for handling various types of repeat notation in A-R’s house style.
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Did you know that you can help your copyeditor by submitting judiciously named electronic manuscript files? A-R’s production staff works directly with electronic files as they prepared editions for publication. Our copyeditors must therefore supply them with vetted files and clear directions for assembling the files into the edition, and that starts with naming the files accordingly. By using the tips given here, you can save your copyeditor time by assisting in this process.
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June 12, 2019Read More
By A-R's house editors
Three types of editorial intervention occur in the process of critical editing, and there are distinct ways that these interventions are shown in the edition.
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December 19, 2018Read More
By A-R's house editors
’Tis the season for ornaments! Here are a few tips on dealing with trills, turns, mordents, and the like.
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October 04, 2018Read More
By A-R's house editors
The title of each piece in an edition should usually reflect that given in the source. If the source lacks titles, per se, they can be drawn from a table to contents, devised from text incipits, or based on descriptive attributes. The editorial method should indicate the source of the titles and what kind of alterations (if any) have been made.
