digest 638 "Mood and mode"

M. Puzan writes;
>Do you suppose that someday music will be recognized and >classified for its
>intonation...as we might today refer to a piece as being in a >"mode" like
>Dorian or Major? I really believe in Ivor's notion about "mood" >and
>temperament. Any thoughts?

The keyboard tempering practises in use between 1700 and 1900,(dates
are automatic flame targets in this subject!), offer physical reasons for
different "moods" to emanate from different key signatures.
What I am curious about is whether the differences between keys of,
say, an early Werkmiester, are greater than the differences between the Greek
modes.
Plato, I believe, had strong thoughts about the effect different modes
exerted on the developing mind, and in his Republic, I think, stated that
some modes should never be heard, lest the growing intellect be irrepairably
damaged.
Any body listen to enough Greek Modes and Well Temperaments to make a
comparison???

Regards,
Ed Foote
Precision Piano Works
Nashville.

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