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