Reger's Ave Maria (op.63 No.7)

[Guest Cynic]

Those who play this, with a copy reasonably handy:

Bar 40 ends with an A in the soprano, bar 41 starts with one -

surely these should be tied together?

 

 

Opinions please?

[Florian]

Those who play this, with a copy reasonably handy:

Bar 40 ends with an A in the soprano, bar 41 starts with one -

surely these should be tied together?

Opinions please?

 

 

Actually, you mean bars 39 and 40, don't you?

I have the Urtext-edition (Breitkopf) which has no tie at the point in question. I prefer it untied because it emphasizes the harmonic change between the two bars.

But perhaps this is an error in the manuscript which found its way into the complete edition.