source file: mills3.txt Date: Wed, 10 Dec 1997 18:22:47 +0100 Subject: re:Chestnut help From: Johnny Reinhard J.S. Bach's reputation was to empower the cello as opposed to fretted gamba continuo useage. This is besides the special and historic attention Bach gave the cello in the 6 Suites for Cello. While learning of Bach's championing of the fretless cello, with his gunning apart from the status quo, I concluded it must have something to do with the ease with which the cello could perfrom in the myriad of well-temperament constellations. Gallileo's father Vincenzo Gallilei's musical sponsor Bardi described how due to temperament, lute players (of whom Vincenzo was an arch-lute virtuoso) did not play with keyboard players because the sound was painful. (Read Bardi in Strunk, The Renaissance in Source Material). Keyboards kept different friends than lutes, apparently. To hear some strinking lute temperament, with a choice of possible C's and other notes, listen to Irish-born composer John Dowland played in the tuning insisted upon by his son, lutenist Robert. Wim Hoogewerf of Paris played Renaissance-era Dowland exquisitely on a microtonally-designed guitar (each string had individual fretlets). Hearing Dowland performed in this added dimension is the proper preparation for Bach in Werckmeister III. Johnny Reinhard Director 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@idt.net http://www.echonyc.com/~jhhl/AFMM SMTPOriginator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu From: alves@orion.ac.hmc.edu (Bill Alves) Subject: re:Chestnut help PostedDate: 10-12-97 19:06:57 SendTo: CN=coul1358/OU=AT/O=EZH ReplyTo: tuning@eartha.mills.edu $MessageStorage: 0 $UpdatedBy: CN=notesrv2/OU=Server/O=EZH,CN=coul1358/OU=AT/O=EZH,CN=Manuel op de Coul/OU=AT/O=EZH RouteServers: CN=notesrv2/OU=Server/O=EZH,CN=notesrv1/OU=Server/O=EZH RouteTimes: 10-12-97 19:05:04-10-12-97 19:05:05,10-12-97 19:04:50-10-12-97 19:04:51 DeliveredDate: 10-12-97 19:04:51 Categories: $Revisions: Received: from ns.ezh.nl ([137.174.112.59]) by notesrv2.ezh.nl (Lotus SMTP MTA SMTP v4.6 (462.2 9-3-1997)) with SMTP id C1256569.006354AF; Wed, 10 Dec 1997 19:06:53 +0100 Received: by ns.ezh.nl; (5.65v3.2/1.3/10May95) id AA11873; Wed, 10 Dec 1997 19:06:57 +0100 Date: Wed, 10 Dec 1997 19:06:57 +0100 Received: from ella.mills.edu by ns (smtpxd); id XA11870 Received: (qmail 8788 invoked from network); 10 Dec 1997 10:06:53 -0800 Received: from localhost (HELO ella.mills.edu) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 10 Dec 1997 10:06:53 -0800 Message-Id: Errors-To: madole@mills.edu Reply-To: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Originator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Sender: tuning@eartha.mills.edu