[CAUT] sostonuto markings

[Paul T Williams]

I've put the question forth to our co-chairs of the piano dept for 
interpretation.  Hopefully, they will answer it shortly. I'm thinking of 
Clair-de Lune now with that nice long bass sustaining octave singing while 
one could pedal the melody instead of just pedaling right through it. 
Fred, have you done this?  I tried it and one can clear it up some.

Paul



From:
Dennis Johnson <johnsond at stolaf.edu>
To:
caut at ptg.org
Date:
09/13/2010 03:03 PM
Subject:
Re: [CAUT] sostonuto markings



Wim-

I've never seen a specific marking for it and always understood it to be 
logical interpretation of what needs to be done.  When the music calls for 
sustain of a note while other things are happening and there's no way you 
have either enough fingers or reach, that calls for sostenuto.

d.   


On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 2:39 PM, <tnrwim at aol.com> wrote:
This is for the pianists on this list.
 
In the last week I had to explain to two different customers what the 
sostonuto pedal was for. Both are somewhat accomplished piano players, but 
neither had ever heard of the pedal, much less knew how to use it. After 
the explanation, they both asked the same question, to which I had no 
answer. How is it marked in the music? 
 
I know about the ped. and *  markings, for regular pedal markings, but is 
there something else that would indicate when the sostonuto pedal is to be 
used?
 
Wim



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