Klarinet Archive - Posting 000344.txt from 2004/11

From: Joe Fasel <jhf@-----.gov>
Subj: Re: [kl] pitch standard
Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2004 18:42:54 -0500

Right on, bro! I think this is particularly applicable to voices.
I remember the first time I heard a recording of The Messiah with
period instruments at A=3D415 (or maybe it was 422, which was probably
H=E4ndel's preferred pitch). (This would be the venerable Hogwood/AAM
recording.) I was impressed by how pleasant many of the arias and
choruses sounded, and I noticed later how shrill the voices sounded
at modern pitch.

Cheers,
--Joe
=20
On 2004.11.08 15:25, GrabnerWG@-----.com wrote:
> My implication was, of course, that a highly trained and experienced=20
> conductor should know better. This one does not, as a result, his orches=
tra sounds=20
> bright, but also brittle and shrill. AT least to me, anyway.

Joseph H. Fasel, Ph.D. email: jhf@-----.gov
Systems Planning and Analysis phone: +1 505 667 7158
University of California fax: +1 505 667 2960
Los Alamos National Laboratory post: D-2 MS F609; Los Alamos, NM 8=
7545

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