when to use hairpins vice "crescendo__" text?

• Dec 3, 2016 - 14:37

Is there any guidance in Gould or other sources?
I'm currently transcribing a section from a pdf (from IMSLP) of a Wagner "The Flying Dutchman" score, and it has numerous problems and poor engraving practice. I'm not trying to make a "perfect" version, but I'd like to get it as close to contemporary practice as possible, since it's just as easy to do it right the first time.
The attached is a typical example.

Thanks,

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• Dec 3, 2016 - 16:29

And of course another practical reason to use "cresc' on long crescendos is that it takes less space and thus causes fewer potential collisions with other markings. Really, I think of this as primarily a common sense sort of thing - if it looks better to you., go for it. As opposed to something where there is a non-obvious right/wrong about it.

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• Dec 3, 2016 - 16:03

Gould p106 mentions that it's better to use text on long crescendo because an hairpin would become parallel to the staff and hard to read. And then use hairpin on short crescendo. She doesn't define long/short.

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