At 6:14 PM -0500 9/4/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
And another Bach question: how often did he want equal temperament and have to settle for anything but?
In my opinion (which seems to be under attack at the moment), NEVER to the former, and also to the latter. He was perfectly capable of tuning and probably knew exactly what he preferred. And that goes for organ as well as clavier, although the tuning lasts a whole lot longer.
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