On 18 Jan 2007 at 12:02, dc wrote: > Johannes Gebauer écrit: > >If you really are interested, you should listen to some good > >recordings in mean tone (17th century music I would recommend), > >perhaps with a good mixture of string and wind instruments, plus > >meantone tuned virginal or harpsichord. > > > >A pure third in this kind of music can be a revelation, almost a > >drug. > > Agreed! Once you've tried meantone, you become quite addicted. One > must also listen to voices.
For all mean-tone fans, if you ever make a trip to Northern Ohio, you must get to Oberlin and try the mean-tone organ in Fairchild Chapel. It's a beautiful Brombaugh, built in the early 80s (it went in while I was a student there) and has split keys, candle holders on the music rack and both an electric and hand-operated bellows (for *really* historically correct performances!). Playing Sweelinck on it with pure thirds was a complete revelation to me -- it's amazing what power such a small instrument gains when the pipes aren't fighting against each other. To my surprise, learning to navigate the split keys took only a few minutes. -- David W. Fenton http://dfenton.com David Fenton Associates http://dfenton.com/DFA/ _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
