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Hi Ric... Perhaps...such instructions may surface one day.... but still
thats only part of the equation really. I see absolutely nothing wrong
with anyone deciding to use any particular temperament on any particular
piano really..... I would prefer what ever decision is made to be a concioius
one... at least as concious as possible. Thats the real sad part of the
HT saga... most folks dont even really know jack didly about them and often
as not are filled with tons of ridiculous ideas about them.
<p>I guess I just have a problem with folks who throw out these bombastic
type definitions about how a thing is "supposed" to be done. And I see
folks on both sides of the HT / ET question guilty of that one. In the
concert in question I suppose I would have reacted to a statement... "Just
think how interesting it would have been to try some different HT tunings
on these instruments" much more positively then the "Another misrepresentation
and abortive attempt at makeing <i>real</i> music executed by the ET gestapo"
<p>grin... I am paraphasing of course...but I think you get the point...
<p>as I said to begin with. HT proponet I am... tho I know as yet far to
little about them, yet I see no point in bashing ET around just because
I think HT's are interesting, delightfull to listen too, and very usefull
for todays music.
<p>Richard Moody wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>>> I don't think anyone composes in a temperament.
<br>>> imho. ---ric
<p>>
<br>> Be all that as it may... assuming you are right for a moment... that
kinda
<br>> throws any justification for judging any particular temperament to
be more
<br>> "appropriate" then any other for any given peice of music... right
out the
<br>> door.
<br>> I mean.. the "artists intent" part of the equation just dissapears.
<br>>
<br>> --
<br>> Richard Brekne
<p>Who knows, tomorrow a long lost note book of one of Bach's pupils might
<br>surface containing explicit instructions of how to tune one or (two
perhaps)
<br>temperaments from the master himself. That would end a lot of
conjecturing.
<br>Until then judging "appropriate temperament" or "artists intent" is
just
<br>that, a cabala.
<br> For a balanced and cogent review see Mark Lindley's
article in New
<br>Groves, "Temperament" ---ric</blockquote>
<p>--
<br>Richard Brekne
<br>RPT, N.P.T.F.
<br>Bergen, Norway
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