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The Stanford Organ: A Synthesis Of Views, The Stanford Eclectic Tunings, Robert Bates, Mark Lindley, Kimberly Marshall
The Stanford Organ: A Synthesis Of Views, The Stanford Eclectic Tunings, Robert Bates, Mark Lindley, Kimberly Marshall
Performance Practice Review
Presents a compromise of previously published views regarding the tunings of the Fisk organ in Stanford's Memorial Church (Palo Alto, California). Proposes new meantone and well-tempered tunings, illustrated with examples from Renaissance and Baroque repertoire.
Was The "Well-Tempered Clavier" Performable On A Fretted Clivichord?, Richard Loucks
Was The "Well-Tempered Clavier" Performable On A Fretted Clivichord?, Richard Loucks
Performance Practice Review
Analysis of the Wohltemperirtes Clavier shows that some of the fretting schemes for clavichords used in Bach's time permit performance of the work with approximately 179 voice-leading conflicts, of which five are difficult to perform and two impossible.