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Re: the well-tempered clavier
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> You will certainly get a lot of responses on this; it's a
> favorite subject for many. WTC 1 was written (a) to
> demonstrate the modulatory advantages of equal temperament
There was a lot of discussion about this on the harpsichord list a few
months back. Let me give you my watered down version.
My impression is that no scholors believe anymore that "well temperament"
was equal temperament. Yes, it was probably a "modern" temperment in the
18 century, i.e. more modern that any kind of mean-tone, but in no way
mistakable with equal temperament.
I *know* there are others on the list who could speak volumes on this topic,
and quote 18th century German...
Jeff.
jdods@chem.utoronto.ca