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From: rlr@pyuxd.UUCP (Rich Rosen)
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Subject: Re: Huh?
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Date: Wed, 10-Jul-85 20:08:28 EDT
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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.

> 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?)
-- 
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			Rich Rosen   ihnp4!pyuxd!rlr