Sessions recital, was Historical Tuning

Dennis Johnson johnsond@stolaf.edu
Mon, 04 Nov 1996 09:25:27 -0600 (CST)


Mr. Bailey,

Thank you enormously for the very interesting comments about Sessions.=20
You probably don=D5t even know just how pleased I am to be countered in=20
this way.  Not being a big Sessions fan myself, I will gladly take your=20
word for it.

Do you have other examples of 20th Century music you care to share with=20
us? I have done some Bartok in 1/4 comma MT and was completely swept away.

Eventually the adjective =D2historical=D3 will hopefully begin to  seem=20
inaccurate as more tuners and players learn to work with these=20
possibilities as yet another form of personal musical interpretation.
If J.S. Bach can handle the modern Steinway concert grand, than perhaps=20
Sessions can handle mod. meantone.


Dennis Johnson
St. Olaf College




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