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Add stylistic alternate for old (French) double sharp #280

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rettinghaus opened this issue Sep 19, 2023 · 1 comment
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Add stylistic alternate for old (French) double sharp #280

rettinghaus opened this issue Sep 19, 2023 · 1 comment
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In a print by Simon Richault I found this peculiar variant of a double sharp:

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Source: Sayve, Auguste de: Duo, Paris [1830]

Maybe worth adding as an alternate?
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Just chiming in to say I agree this is worth considering. I've also run across this variant in my own work.

An example is from the "St Louis: Kunkel Brothers, 1878" engraving of Franz Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2, available via this IMSLP page. Here's a screenshot from page number 3 (page 5 of the PDF):

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@dspreadbury dspreadbury changed the title Add old (French) double sharp Add stylistic alternate for old (French) double sharp Nov 5, 2023
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