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PORTAMENTO 571<br />

Ex. 15.12.(a) Rossini, Semiramide, no. 3, autograph (p. 120); (b) Spohr, Jessonda, no.18; (c) Wagner, Tristan und Isolde, Act 2<br />

sc. 2; (d) Meyerbeer, Les Huguenots, no. 3; (e)Meyerbeer, Les Huguenots, no. 24<br />

‘leaping grace’ type of portamento) quite clear by the grace-note and the attached verbal instruction portez la voix. In<br />

1858 Charles de Bériot specifically identified the slur between two syllables as a means of indicating a portamento of<br />

the ‘anticipation grace’ type, illustrating it with Ex. 15.13.

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