Ed: I wasn't quite clear from what you wrote. Did you mean Beethoven in Kirnberger or Werckmeister, or something else. David Love ----- Original Message ----- From: <A440A@AOL.COM> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: January 12, 2002 5:28 PM Subject: Re: historical temperaments > Charles writes: > > << Anyway, I'm curious if anyone has a list of favorite piano pieces to play > for various temperaments. I'm sure Ed Foote must have a repertoir that he > would use for demonstrating temperaments. >> > > Greetings, > There are any number of pieces that demonstrate one or another aspect of > temperament. Just as George Gershwin's music can demo exactly why ET sounds > so good, Bach's will show a Werckmeister to good effect. > In general terms, I have tried to use music that contains a lot of > vertical harmony to demo the temperaments in my classes. The two CD's that > we have out,(one, "6 Degrees of Tonality" is absolutely rocketing up the > Amazon.com sales rankings as a result of Isacoff's misleading book > "Temperament"), cover much of what I thought sounded good. The opening of > the "Moonlight" sonata on the first one, and Beethoven's op 110 on the second > are very strong examples. Haydn's sonata in Eb in a Kirnberger is also > another world of sound. > After hearing the pianist in St. Louis play Clara Schumann's "Variations > on a Theme by Robert Schumann", I have been making plans to produce our > third recording as "Well Tempered Clara". Her use of harmony is incredible, > delicate, and imho, absolutely dependant on key color to create the maximum > expression of emotional image. We will see. > regards, > Ed Foote RPT > >
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