RE: TUNING digest 1254

>
>And WTC 2. Bach wrote each Prelude and Fugue pair to fit the
>characteristics of the key it was in. Not "to demonstrate that playing in
>all keys was possible", as I have read in many a conservatory circle-> So
>much for all "interpretations" based on that!
Has anyone recorded WTC 1 or 2 in well-temperament? What doe s a
well-tempered harpsicord sound like?

Erik Nauman


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>Bach liked the lute sound so much that he had a clavier built
>that sounded like a lute.

In fact his estate showed that he had two "lautenwerk" when he died.

It would be interesting to see if he routinely tuned it to equal
temperament so as to match the lute tuning.




>We also
>know that Handel had a keyboard with, I believe, 16 tones/octave...

Interesting. I hadn't heard that. Do you recall where you heard/read
about that?


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