Re: to Kraig et al.

Hi Kraig

According to Hector Berlioz's Memoirs, tying Just intervals and theory to
religion is at least mid-nineteenth. Regarding his early studies with Gerono
of the Lesueur School, "his speculations about the resonances of a vibrating
string (which he calls the resonating body, as if vibrating strings were the
only resonating bodies in the universe or rather, as if the theory of their
vibrations could be applied to all other resonating bodies).

'I realized at once, from the way in which Gerono expounded these principles,
that it would be idle to question their validity, since plainly in the school
of Lesueur they constituted a kind of religion, to be deferred to blindly by
everyone. In the end, such is the force of example, I came myself to believe
sincerely in the doctrine, and by the time I was admitted to the circle of
Lesueur's favourite pupils he could count me among his most fervent votaries"
(p. 23-24).

Still later Berlioz writes that he had to unlearn this learning before
learning anew, decrying the antediluvian theories.

Isn't this association of JI with Religious devotion?

Best, Johnny Reinhard

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JOHNNY WINS!
thanks for the story

I will maintain that there is a certain magic that numbers produces such fascinating sounds. I imagine to most JI practitioners it is the sound which makes it users associate it forces beyond music, not the numbers.
That tuning in general owes in origin in part for attempts to reflect the cosmos as a way to please the gods (and goddesses such as NUIT) that i believe makes it such a heated subject.

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> From: Afmmjr@aol.com
> Subject: Re: to Kraig et al.
>
> Hi Kraig
>
> According to Hector Berlioz's Memoirs, tying Just intervals and theory to
> religion is at least mid-nineteenth. Regarding his early studies with Gerono
> of the Lesueur School, "his speculations about the resonances of a vibrating
> string (which he calls the resonating body, as if vibrating strings were the
> only resonating bodies in the universe or rather, as if the theory of their
> vibrations could be applied to all other resonating bodies).
>
> 'I realized at once, from the way in which Gerono expounded these principles,
> that it would be idle to question their validity, since plainly in the school
> of Lesueur they constituted a kind of religion, to be deferred to blindly by
> everyone. In the end, such is the force of example, I came myself to believe
> sincerely in the doctrine, and by the time I was admitted to the circle of
> Lesueur's favourite pupils he could count me among his most fervent votaries"
> (p. 23-24).
>
> Still later Berlioz writes that he had to unlearn this learning before
> learning anew, decrying the antediluvian theories.
>
> Isn't this association of JI with Religious devotion?
>
> Best, Johnny Reinhard
>
> /

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