End

As Printed on a Score

Appears in English editions as End or The End, printed above the staff where a piece finishes after a repeat (like Fine), and within phrases such as until the end, where it sets the span of a direction.

How Composers Use It

Use it in English scores where Fine might be unclear, and in until-phrases that set the span of a direction, such as quietly until the end. In formal concert scores Fine is the standard word after a D.C. or D.S. Make sure the end point is visible on the pass where it applies, and print a final double bar or a fermata there so the stop is unmistakable.

Example

Mahler, Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen, “Die zwei blauen Augen”, voice, m. 41: the edition’s English “(Quietly, until the end)” translates Mahler’s “Leise, bis zum Schluss”, printed beside it.

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