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From: mfs@mhuxr.UUCP (SIMON)
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Subject: Re: Huh?
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Date: Thu, 11-Jul-85 09:02:12 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jul 11 09:02:12 1985
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> >>> You might want to reflect on the fact that Bach invented the Western
> >>> system of musical notation, something that EVERY other musician that
> >>> came later owes to him, including Kate Bush. [ME]
> 
> > Am I in the wrong universe?  Where did this come from?
> > (it ain't so, folks!)  [KOENIG]
> 
> I think what they all mean is that Bach was the first to EXPLOIT even-
> tempered tuning in a compositional setting, by writing the 48 sets of
> preludes and fugues in the Well-Tempered Clavier, with two sets for
> each key, major and minor.  (Did I get that right?) [ROSEN]
> -- 
Yes you did

Marcel Simon