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Antnee

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Hey guys,

I've been messing around with Liszt's transcription of beethoven's fifth. The question is, since I'm relatively new to advanced music reading, Wht do the 'extra measures' marked 'Ossia' mean?

-Tony

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bernhard

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Re: Beethoven's 5th

Reply #1 on: April 30, 2004, 01:20:01 PM

It means an alternative (usually simpler).

Sometimes (Schumann comes to mind) the composer could not decide which version he liked better, so he writes the alternative as well. In this kind of ossia, performers sometimes play the ossia version on the repeat.

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Bernhard.

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Antnee

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Re: Beethoven's 5th

Reply #2 on: May 02, 2004, 01:57:36 AM

Ahh ok, thanks Bernhard...

-Tony-

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