OT: Obtaining scores

[ebrooks]

Well, it took nearly a month, but the Kabalevsky score is finally here!

My town library ended up requesting it via Interlibrary Loan from San Francisco. It’s a large, heavy volume of over 250 pages, and in decent condition considering its age. A big thank you once again to the wonderful people here who recommended the ILL route.

I’d be very curious if anything stands out engraving-wise from the image to the experts on the forum. A small insert in the back of the book lists only one correction (a single dynamic marking in Italian). I know that Soviet music publishing was based on the two commercial publishers that had been nationalized, but no idea if they were any good.

[notesetter]

Glad you were able to lay your hands on this rare bird.

I’m impressed with the quality of the engraving. If you look closely, there is a lot of fine detail work that’s been done. The stave spacing is just right, leaving room for dynamics and text. I like the long flat ties on the second page.