Stark hervortretend: meaning and use in music

Stark hervortretend means 'strongly prominent': let the indicated voice or figure stand out markedly in the balance, and write the complete phrase in full.

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How is stark hervortretend played?

Project the material decisively through sound, articulation and proportionate balance, adding dynamic support only when the surrounding notation calls for it. Keep the hierarchy of the entire texture intact. Published score evidence writes stark hervortretend beside separate dynamics, so the instruction is not a fixed volume level; the shorter hervortr. is not used because it would omit the strong degree.

How does stark hervortretend sound?

The voice is clearly heard as a prominent layer in the orchestral texture.

In context

A published Mahler score prints stark hervortretend in full while dynamics remain separate, and dictionary evidence defines the adjective as standing out or emerging. No exact short form for the degree phrase met the direct-expansion threshold.

Equivalent terms

  • EN strongly prominent
  • DA stærkt fremtrædende

Music theory and score context

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