source file: mills2.txt Date: Sun, 9 Mar 1997 16:37:19 -0800 Subject: Re: TUNING digest 1009 From: Johnny Reinhard There is no concept of absolute pitch in Bach's time. Ellis discovered a myriad of pitch diversity as a result of collecting Baroque-era tuning forks. Arthur Mendel spent his lifetime trying to discern the basis of pitch in Bach's music, only to realize there was none at all. Johnny Reinhard American Festival of Microtonal Music 318 East 70th Street, Suite 5FW New York, New York 10021 USA (212)517-3550/fax (212) 517-5495 reinhard@ios.com Received: from ns.ezh.nl [137.174.112.59] by vbv40.ezh.nl with SMTP-OpenVMS via TCP/IP; Mon, 10 Mar 1997 08:16 +0100 Received: by ns.ezh.nl; (5.65v3.2/1.3/10May95) id AA10838; Mon, 10 Mar 1997 08:16:20 +0100 Received: from ella.mills.edu by ns (smtpxd); id XA10657 Received: from by ella.mills.edu via SMTP (940816.SGI.8.6.9/930416.SGI) id XAA01482; Sun, 9 Mar 1997 23:14:52 -0800 Date: Sun, 9 Mar 1997 23:14:52 -0800 Message-Id: <199703100213_MC2-1257-EC6B@compuserve.com> Errors-To: madole@mills.edu Reply-To: tuning@ella.mills.edu Originator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Sender: tuning@ella.mills.edu