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From: simon@psuvax.UUCP (Janos Simon)
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Subject: Re: Tempered scales, playing on old instruments.
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Date: Sun, 11-Mar-84 16:11:53 EST
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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