On Sep 29, 2008, at 4:22 AM, Mathias Rösel wrote: > Hope that helps so far, as for chapters and verses.
So if I understand correctly, the answer to my question about who mentioned "Spaltklang" is that it was 20th-century German musicologists interpreting the intent of earlier musicians without citing the words of any earlier musicians. I've never encountered an English term similar to "Spaltklang." It seems to me that Harnoncourt has nearly the opposite opinion, writing that the baroque orchestra was like a baroque organ, with the sounds of the individual instruments designed to blend. He contrasts the modern orchestra, in which the instruments are designed to stand out (consider, for example, the sharper tone of the modern flute, oboe and trumpet, in comparison to their baroque counterparts). Of course, H. may have been talking about a different century from the one the MGG writers discussed. BTW, what does "MGG" stand for? -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
