[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Kirnberger on lutes and temperament

2008-04-27 Thread howard posner
On Apr 27, 2008, at 11:42 AM, Dale Young wrote: It was, however, the time when the best music was written for it, ever. 1779? -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Kirnberger on lutes and temperament

2008-04-27 Thread Dale Young
] To: baroque-lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2008 3:11 PM Subject: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Kirnberger on lutes and temperament On Apr 27, 2008, at 11:42 AM, Dale Young wrote: It was, however, the time when the best music was written for it, ever. 1779? -- To get on or off

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Kirnberger on lutes and temperament

2008-04-27 Thread Roman Turovsky
F.W. Rust never sleeps. until 1792. Kohaut 178something. I'm sure Falckenhagen's memory still lingered. Kropffganss. Sylvius' little boy. I'm sure his music burned in a bombing somewhere. dale Koenigsberg, methinks. RT It was, however, the time when the best

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Kirnberger on lutes and temperament

2008-04-26 Thread Roman Turovsky
In good English it might go something like: As logarhythms are Greek to most musicians, they are rarely considered, and are never used, so IMHO, it would be easier to speak in arithmetical terms. ET is, unconditionally, a totally abominable/execrable system, and can only be used to tune a

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Kirnberger on lutes and temperament

2008-04-26 Thread wikla
On 4/26/2008, Roman Turovsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In good English it might go something like: As logarhythms are Greek to most musicians, they are rarely considered, and are never used, so IMHO, it would be easier to speak in arithmetical terms. ET is, unconditionally, a totally