[Finale] Re: OT Historical performance; Was: alto as tenor?

2007-09-09 Thread Ken Moore
Johannes Gebauer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Certainly no modern vibrato, but no vibrato would be just as wrong... In fact I am absolutely more vibrato was done in Bach's time than between 1750 and 1850. A controversal view, I know. I would be interested to hear your reasons and evidence,

Re: [Finale] Re: OT Historical performance; Was: alto as tenor?

2007-09-09 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 09.09.2007 Ken Moore wrote: I would be interested to hear your reasons and evidence, especially for a reduction in its use c. 1750. Spohr (c. 1840) I know, and Joachim (c.1909) I been told, describe vibrato as an embellishment to be used on particular notes, possibly more by soloists than

Re: [Finale] Re: OT Historical performance; Was: alto as tenor?

2007-09-09 Thread David W. Fenton
On 9 Sep 2007 at 23:30, Johannes Gebauer wrote: it seems to me that 19th century treatises are much more particular about the use of vibrato. I'm very intrigued by your idea, and don't mean this comment as in any way an effort to refute your hypothesis, but the fact is that the 19th