Bach's tuning

On Wed, 27 Sep 1995, Aleksander Frosztega wrote:
> On Tue, 26 Sep 1995 06:39:58 -0700 Johnny Reinhard
> wrote:
> >Mr. Frosztega represents a modern reincarnation of Mr. Marpurg it would
> >seem. As a legend in his own mind he has deduced what Bach did by
> >his interpretations of what happened after Bach.
> >
> >I believe he confuses Bach's intent in saying why all major thirds are
> >sharp, placing them in an ET context, probably because he is in an ET
> >context. Using sophistic argument, trailing inconsequential facts, and
> >finally, making acusations of "revisionism" and implying incompetency are
> >weak rebuttals for a scholar.
>
> Wasn't *that* special?

Well, it added much more to the discussion than your one-line rejoinder.

[bigsnip]

> >Face it: there is no evidence that JS Bach favored, or even used ET in
> >his earlier works. And to some ears, his music is quite enriched by
> >variegation of keys.
>
> Of course I agree that most Bach sounds wonderful in Circular
> temperaments. But I disagree that there is no evidence to show that the
> temperament that Bach used was ET or something close to it.

Then please present it. So far, what little evidence you've advanced
has hardly been compelling.

--pH (manynote@library.wustl.edu or http://library.wustl.edu/~manynote)
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