Stanhope

[Richard Moody]

The Stanhope treatise was published in 1806.    In 1807 came,
"Plain Statement of Earl Stanhope's Temperament", by JW Callcott.
In 1811 was James Broadwood "article" on how to tune ET.    The
Broadwood article has been typed out with comments if anyone is
interested. Click on remoody@midstatesd.net
     There is mention of a Stanhope pamphlet but only a mention.
According to Broadwood, ET "being in most general use, and
because,
of the various systems, it has been pronounced the best deserving
that appellation by Haydn, Mozart, and other masters of harmony."
    Haydn died in 1809.  James was supposed to an intimate
end.    ---ric

----- Original Message -----
From: Jason Kanter <jkanter@rollingball.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 9:12 AM
Subject: Re: The True Properties of EBVT


> >From Jorgensen, page 295:
>
> "Charles Earl Stanhope's treatise, "Principles of the Science of
Tuning
> Instruments with Fixed Tones," created much interest and
controversy.
> Immediately, negative reviews appeared. Some of these were
caused by
> Stanhope's statement that half of the musicians preferred the
idea of equal
> temperament while the other half were diametrically opposed to
it. This
> divided the musicians into camps, some of whom were offended by
Stanhope's
> extreme criticism of equal temperament and also by his
implication that
> everyone who had heard the Stanhope temperament was converted to
it."
>
> It's a steady state universe.
>