It already came up on the tonalist composers' list a month ago. It is retromicrotonalists' bible (the most irritating breed who claim that serialism is a natural consequence of Equal Temperament etc), tendentious in the extreme apparently. RT ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel Shoskes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2007 9:55 PM Subject: [LUTE] Duffin book on equal temperment
> While not technically a lute book, Ross Duffin (music professor at > Case Western) has published a book on temperment entitled: > > How Equal Temperament Ruined Harmony (and Why You Should Care) > > It is available here at amazon: > > <http://www.amazon.com/Equal-Temperament-Ruined-Harmony-Should/dp/ > 0393062279/sr=8-1/qid=1171162277/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-8479148-9537558? > ie=UTF8&s=books> > > I am mid way through the book. Very entertaining with a minimum of > necessary technical jargon. No specific mention of fretted > instruments however. > > Nevertheless, a compelling read for those considering entering the > meantone tuning world. > > DS > -- > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > _________________________________________________________________ Need personalized email and website? Look no further. It's easy with Doteasy $0 Web Hosting! Learn more at www.doteasy.com
