On the Execution of Music And Principally of Ancient Music
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One must be governed by the declamation, and not by the written note indicating a long or short duration. The proof of this is to be seen when the violins and the voice are in unison the way of writing them is different. A great obstacle to executing ancient works from the eighteenth century on is in the interpretation of grace notes, "appoggiaturas" and others. In these cases there is an unfortunate habit in players of con- forming to their own taste, which may guide a little, but cannot suffi...ce in every instance. One can be con- vinced of this in studying The Method of Violin by the father of Mozart. We find there things which one would never dream of. The "appoggiatura" 4 (from appoggiare, which in Italian means "to lean upon"), should always be long, the different ways in which it may be written having no influence upon its length. There is an ex- ception to this when its final little note, ascending or descending, and preceding the larger note, is distant from it a disjointed degree.
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