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Re: Lowry Sketchbook

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Subject: Re: Lowry Sketchbook
From: Dafydd y garreg wen <mavnw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1999 15:46:45 +0000 (GMT)
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> >1. In the baritone parts, at the end of the first movement, there is a
> breve
> >with a stem leading to a breath mark.

A breve with a stem is a long - twice (or possibly three times?) the value
of a breve. They were popular with mediaeval writers, but have been out of
fashion for 450 years or so. There was also a longer value called the
duplex (or double) long; confusingly, this could be either 2 or 3 longs
long.

Dave Taylor


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- Re: Lowry Sketchbook
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