Arto, I am playing in ET exclusively, so I am not in the habit of reading
much on the subject, never mind keeping track of page numbers. We have
Howard Der Advokat for that.
Anyway, Frescobaldi PETITIONED Vatican for an ET organ. And that's Standard
Scholarship.
RT
>
>> It is a whole series of invective starting with , as I recall, L'Artusi,
>> overo
>> delle imperfettioni della moderna musica (1600).
>> RT
>> >
>> > > (Monteverdi was attacked by Artusi for tuning in ET).
>> >
>> > Quote please! And the proof that Artusi really was speaking of ET.
>
> So, it was as I thought: You could not give _any_ quote of Artusi writing
> about CM tuning in ET. That "whole series" talks much about much - a
> traditionalist raging against modernists - as it has allways been - but
> can you give _any_ quote Artusi talking about ET? Non - mean tone is of
> course possible, but that is certainly not the same as ET!
>
> Arto
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