Klarinet Archive - Posting 001109.txt from 1997/08

From: Detlef Kretschmer <detlef@-----.ca>
Subj: Re: Weber, Carl Maria Von or Weber, Carl Maria von
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 1997 13:50:14 -0400

>In the course of doing research I see the spelling both ways of the
>(v,V)on - the New York Research Library has it capitalized in their
>catalogs, but few other references do.
>
>Is there a preferred capitalization scheme? Is this something that
>has changed due to "performance practice"? (possibly capitalized
>during the composer's lifetime but is not usually capitalized today?)
>
>TIA,
>--
>Mark Charette Webmaster, http://sneezy.mika.com/clarinet/ - the
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Always lower case is correct. (in Germany, that is)

Detlef Kretschmer
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Dept. Mechanical Engineering
Laval University
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