Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.08 10/3/83; site psuvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!akgua!psuvax!simon From: simon@psuvax.UUCP (Janos Simon) Newsgroups: net.music Subject: Re: Tempered scales, playing on old instruments. Message-ID: <818@psuvax.UUCP> Date: Sun, 11-Mar-84 16:11:53 EST Article-I.D.: psuvax.818 Posted: Sun Mar 11 16:11:53 1984 Date-Received: Mon, 12-Mar-84 05:28:48 EST References: <6082@decwrl.UUCP> <750@ihuxq.UUCP> <663@eosp1.UUCP> Organization: Pennsylvania State Univ. Lines: 16 [] I must applaud the quest for "non-authentic" playing. Reminds me of a friend's story: he went with a group of fellow students to study the conditions of miners in West Virginia. In a union hall, they persuaded some of the old folks to sing songs from the 30's, and, in particular, a miner in his 80's gave them a long recital - raspy, throathy voice, but lots of enthousiasm. A member of the group was enthralled: -"Your voice - it's so, ...,so AUTHENTIC!" -"Yeah. It used to be GOOD." was the dispirited reply. As for fortepianos, Mozart does not seem to fare that well - maybe because some of the best pianists ever spent years perfecting their interpretations, and so far, no fortepianist can match the interpretive powers of these masters. However Haydn, Schubert, and some early Beethoven sound very nice. Try listening to Malcolm Bilson. js