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"J. Claudio Di Veroli" <[log in to unmask]>
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> Ibo wrote: ET in Vienna  But I tend keep all my sent mails and I do not
find any such info that I had sent ,to you or anybody else. 

Also, I do not find any such  information about ET in Froberger's time in
Vienna, at all, nor am I aware of such information.  

 

Indeed, I cannot find any concrete information either! 

I just searched and found only a post to this list where you mention the
matter, on 7/12/2012. Let me quote:

"Froberger was part of the enharmonic stronghold that the Habsburg courts
were ... Whether Froberger's alleged piece went through the whole cycle is
therefore not known (and even less, whether he could have used a 12-ET, 19-
or even 31-ET - all of which would have been possible because the imperial
court provided instruments with the suitable number of keys) and a lovely
subject of speculation without evidence. ;)"

 

In this post, needless to say, you are NOT stating that ET was in use in
Vienna, just that it was a possibility! 

Will keep searching ...

 

>  It "appears" apparently means that it seems likely to the author, i. e.
Barbieri. It is an educated guess, maybe so much as a working hypothesis,
since evidence for Frescobaldi actually using it, is lacking. 

 

Please ensure to read Barbieri's original paper: the Italian word he uses is
stronger that appears, actually. And his evidence is certainly not a mere
hypothesis.

 

> If it is claimed matter-of-factly that Frescobaldi actually (and
unusually) used Equal Temperament, we should on the contrary expect equally
unequivocal evidence.

 

I believe the evidence in Barbieri's paper is quite strong. Absolute it is
not. Too long a paper to discuss in detail here I'm afraid.

 

My very best regards,

 

CDV

 



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