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Re: c=256

Author: Alphie
Date: 2007-01-12 20:35

Everything that has to do with historical pitch in today’s performance is very relative. Pitch in the old days varied a lot from place to place. German baroque pitch could vary from A=410 to maybe A=425 and French ditto from A=410 or lower, even down to lower than 400. In Cremona in the times of A Stradivarius the pitch is believed to have been as high as A=460, close to half a tone higher than we have today. The baroque scene today is very international among its musicians so they have to agree to a common pitch, for baroque music A=415 and for classical music A=430. I think Chris Hogwood set the classical standards around 1981 with is complete Mozart symphonies recordings.

For deep loading in historical pitches read Bruce Haynes survey on the subject, heavy stuff.

http://www.amazon.ca/History-Performing-Pitch-Story/dp/0810841851

Alphie

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