Historical Temperments

[Avery Todd]

Or contact Ed directly at: A440A@aol.com

I'm sure he'd be more than willing to point you in the right
direction! :-)

Avery

At 05:59 AM 07/02/02 -0700, you wrote:
>Beethoven in the Temperaments      Gasparo   # 332
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>Six Degrees of Tonality                       Gasparo  #344
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>try these places:
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><http://www.gasparo.com>http://www.gasparo.com
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>http://www.gasparo.com/NewFiles/sixdegrees.html
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>Probably can be found at Amazon.com also.  ****I just checked Amazon.com, 
>found Six Degrees, but not
>Beethoven in the Temperaments.
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>I haven't seen them yet in Borders or such like places, but it wouldn't 
>hurt to
>ask.
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>I'm not going to take the time to write reviews here and now, but these 
>recordings are well worth having,
>excellent introductions - especially the ''Six Degrees'', because some of 
>the pieces are played in more
>than one temperament, providing that vital and difficult to achieve 
>comparison where the temperament
>is the ONLY variable. In the first experience of Historical Temperament, 
>Well Temperament, even Meantone,
>there can be a question of what sounds different, or indeed, does it 
>really sound different because of the
>temperament. Here, the temperament is the only difference, and immediate 
>comparison of HT and ET
>is actually possible; and even comparison of different  HT's on the same 
>piece; a Mozart Fantasy which
>really shows off the effects of Well Temperament and Meantone. You may or 
>may not feel comfortable
>with the meantone performance, but it's hard to dispute that the meantone 
>tuning really gets the point
>across.
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>                         Paul Bailey
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>On Tuesday, July 2, 2002, at 01:10 AM, Greg Casper wrote:
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>>What's on it and how does one acquire such a gem?
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>>Greg Casper
>>San Jose, CA
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: owner-pianotech@ptg.org 
>>[<mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org>mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org]On Behalf
>>Of Avery Todd
>>Sent: Monday, July 01, 2002 6:35 PM
>>To: pianotech@ptg.org
>>Subject: Re: Historical Temperments
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>>Hi Greg,
>>
>>Buy Ed Foote's CD's. :-)
>>
>>Avery
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>>At 05:52 PM 06/30/02 -0700, you wrote:
>>>Hey list:
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>>>For those of us with little or no experience with temperments other than
>>>ET, and since I assume that like me, many could NOT make the conference to
>>>hear the tunings that were done there, does anyone know of a website with
>>>mp3 or other music files demonstrating HT's?
>>>
>>>Greg Casper
>>>San Jose, CA
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