Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP
Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site eneevax.UUCP
Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!umcp-cs!eneevax!ong
From: ong@eneevax.UUCP (Chong Ong)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Re:  Bach
Message-ID: <309@eneevax.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 14-Jul-85 22:25:18 EDT
Article-I.D.: eneevax.309
Posted: Sun Jul 14 22:25:18 1985
Date-Received: Wed, 17-Jul-85 08:26:27 EDT
Distribution: net
Organization: U of Maryland, EE Dept., College Park, MD
Lines: 13

If I recall correctly, Bach wrote the 48 Preludes and Fugues to
show that equal temperament was the way to go.

There were no pianos for most of Bach's time until rather late
in his life. He also hated the pianos of his time, although he
did approve of some of the later ones.



JueyChong Ong
{seismo, allegra, rlgvax}!umcp-cs!eneevax!ong
ong@eneevax.ARPA