Fugue in 8ET

Isn't it partly (mostly?) a matter of timbre? organ timbre by itself, I find to be too bright, almost dissonant, espeically when "all the stops" are pulled out as in this example.

I'll bet if this fugre were played on a cute, plinky harpsichord, it would be positively delightful.

> RE: FUGUE A4 IN 8ET
>
> Posted by: "Carl Lumma" ekin@... clumma
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> Fri Jun 1, 2007 12:16 am (PST)
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> That sounds like it's probably a good fugue. I say probably
> because I had real difficulty wanting to subject my ear to
> the sounds enough to follow everything. Hate to be a prude,
> but that level of dissonance is a real challenge for me when
> it comes to fugue-level listening. On one hand, it's nice to

At 06:02 AM 6/1/2007, you wrote:
>
>Isn't it partly (mostly?) a matter of timbre? organ timbre by itself, I
>find to be too bright, almost dissonant, espeically when "all the stops"
>are pulled out as in this example.
>
>I'll bet if this fugre were played on a cute, plinky harpsichord, it
>would be positively delightful.

Yes, definitely. The organ is overbearing.

-Carl