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Somewhat brought out.
Printed directly above one part, often with espress. or a soft dynamic, where the line should emerge a little. It holds for the phrase.
A lighter version of hervortretend: let the line be noticed without pushing it to the front. It is useful for counter-melodies and inner voices that colour a texture rather than lead it. Because it is relative, it works at any dynamic. Reserve sehr hervortretend for the real Hauptstimme so the gradation keeps its meaning.
Bruckner, Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major, third movement, Trio, second violins, m. 34: “etwas hervortretend” with “divisi”, at p.
Etwas hervortretend is one of 1755 terms in the Gradus musical dictionary: the words, abbreviations and instrument names that appear in printed scores, plus the vocabulary composers use to talk about them.
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