Why do we need scholarly editions of music?

Why do we need scholarly editions of music? Here is an excellent video on the importance of creating music editions with a scholarly or inquisitive mind. This is outrageously relevant to lute and early guitar scores that include a variety of symbols, tunings, various sources, types of notation/tablature, and more. This comes via Early Music Sources and their fantastic YouTube channel. For the sources in the video and footnotes visit this page. Created by Elam Rotem and Alon Schab, February 2023. Special thanks to Uri Smilansky and Anne Smith.

  • 0:00 Introduction
  • 1:07 Translating to modern notation
  • 3:15 Performance material and separate parts
  • 5:48 Touch of a specialist
  • 10:53 Making your own edition

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Bradford Werner
Bradford Werner

Bradford Werner is a classical guitarist and music publisher from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. He originally created this site for his students at the Victoria Conservatory of Music but now shares content worldwide. Curating guitar content helps students absorb the culture, musical ideas, and technique of the classical guitar. Bradford also has a YouTube channel with over 94,000 subscribers and 13 million views. He taught classical guitar at the Victoria Conservatory of Music for 16 years and freelanced in Greater Victoria for 20 years and now dedicates much of his time curating content online and helping connect the classical guitar community. See more at his personal website.

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