more on this temperament thing

[Tvak@AOL.COM]

In a message dated 10/29/01 4:05:49 AM, Billbrpt@AOL.COM writes:

<< People may have conceived music in their minds and written it down without 
the use of a keyboard but not without the keyboard having first provided a 
sense of the 
*affectations* or Key Color.  Why did Beethoven write the 9th symphony in G?  
Why not F#?  why not G# >>

Or why not D?  (Actually, Beethoven's 9th IS in D.)

In addition to that small error, you couldn't have picked a poorer example to 
illustrate your point that the composer's choice of tonal centers were 
influenced by the temperaments of their pianos.

Beethoven was DEAF when he wrote this piece!  

Tom Sivak