The Mathematical Problem with Music and How to Solve It — “Performance is an art of compromise” – Temperament, timbre, intonation, tuning, voice, tone

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The Mathematical Problem with Music and How to Solve It

How Eighteenth Century Piano Tuners Heard Major 3rds — 18th Century Aesthetics

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Eben Goresko presents a Temperament Recital at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 2000 where he demonstrates the usefulness and artfulness of tuning modern pianos in historic intonations to augment performances of Beethoven, Chopin, Brahms, Schubert, Bach, Mozart and other so called “equal temperament” composers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uCu5pTBzbU In the 18th century, piano tuners, like musicians of … Read more