General Notes:
I have three general notes about the performance of my music:
1. When I write: con Ped. for the piano, I mean "legato."
2. In instrumental music I tend to write a tenuto over all notes that are not tied or otherwise phrased. It thereby means to hold the note for the entire length.
The exception lies in vocal music, where legato is implied as the default method of performance. Here"tenuto" truly means held: rather than dynamic change: crescendo
or diminuendo as in messo di voce. Further tenuto implies that the section of the vocal work is not legato, but rather detached, and, perhaps, slightly stressed, though not to the point of accent.
3. I don't CARE a snap about fachs in vocal music. I don't even care about gender.
If a singer wants to sing a piece let him or her sing it.
1. When I write: con Ped. for the piano, I mean "legato."
2. In instrumental music I tend to write a tenuto over all notes that are not tied or otherwise phrased. It thereby means to hold the note for the entire length.
The exception lies in vocal music, where legato is implied as the default method of performance. Here"tenuto" truly means held: rather than dynamic change: crescendo
or diminuendo as in messo di voce. Further tenuto implies that the section of the vocal work is not legato, but rather detached, and, perhaps, slightly stressed, though not to the point of accent.
3. I don't CARE a snap about fachs in vocal music. I don't even care about gender.
If a singer wants to sing a piece let him or her sing it.