Engraving question RE: Schubert Impromtu Op. 142 No. 1, Henle Edition

[haskilfan]

Hi All,

I miss the days when you could walk into a well stocked music store and browse.  Have to resort to mail order these days .

Does anybody happen to have a copy of the Henle edition of Schubert Impromptus and Moments Musicaux who can tell me if they have printed the crossed hand part of Impromptu Op. 142 No. 1 (about 70 bars in) with the LH part entirely written on the bottom line of the grand staff (clef changes practically every bar for a good while)?

The (cheapo-budget) edition I currently have has it written with the notes where they fall most conveniently in treble and bass clef and you just use whichever hand fits the context, which is perfectly clear.   But it seems to me it would be more comfortable to read the RH in the top line, and the LH in the bottom line, even if that means having clef changes every bar. Did Henle engrave it this way? 

Thanks for any feedback

[8_octaves]

Hi All,

I miss the days when you could walk into a well stocked music store and browse.  Have to resort to mail order these days .

Does anybody happen to have a copy of the Henle edition of Schubert Impromptus and Moments Musicaux who can tell me if they have printed the crossed hand part of Impromptu Op. 142 No. 1 (about 70 bars in) with the LH part entirely written on the bottom line of the grand staff (clef changes practically every bar for a good while)?

The (cheapo-budget) edition I currently have has it written with the notes where they fall most conveniently in treble and bass clef and you just use whichever hand fits the context, which is perfectly clear.   But it seems to me it would be more comfortable to read the RH in the top line, and the LH in the bottom line, even if that means having clef changes every bar. Did Henle engrave it this way?  

Thanks for any feedback

Hi Haskilfan  

I have this edition of Henle.

I looked at bars 69-82, and they notated it conveniently, with no clef changes.

Very cordially, 8_octaves!

[j_menz]

The current Henle edition is the Walter Gieseking edited one. It's on IMSLP (pdf) if you want to look, but it follows the same pattern as your edition, as did Schubert.

Most of us find it more convenient to read the grand staff as a whole, rather than as a LH stave and a RH stave, so I fear you're in the minority.

[haskilfan]

Thank you, 8_Octaves and J_Menz.

Appreciate your help