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That may be true - especially for brass

Posted by Chris from Lafayette on November 19, 2023 at 14:19:10:
Since my previous post, I've checked a few YouTube videos, and they all do sound pretty legato in that opening Promenade. OTOH, Mussorgsky could have written long legato phrases, but he chose to specify tenuto marks instead. Why would he do that if he wanted purely legato articulation?

Also since my previous post, I asked one of the local cello teachers how cellists interpret tenuto marks - she agreed with me that there should be a tiny separation between successive notes in a passage written with all tenuto marks. I have to admit that I'm mystified as to why so many performances of that opening Promenade (on YouTube at least!) sound legato - except that, sometimes, the articulation symbols are put in as technical suggestions, rather than to produce actual changes in the sound (although I don't think that really applies here).