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Re: Historical harpischord ranges
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Jonathan Addleman <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 29 Oct 2016 16:51:34 -0400
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On 29/10/16 10:13 AM, J. Claudio Di Veroli wrote:
> BASS FF#
> - I cannot find any Baroque score including this note. This is perhaps not
> surprising as most keyboards did not have it before 1750, although quite a
> few surely had: Corrette depicted a fully chromatic FF-e''' keyboard (1749).
> - The earliest FF# I have found is by Antonio Soler, in sonatas composed
> after 1750 and surely intended for the fortepiano.

Forqueray's 2nd suite has some FF#s in La Bouron and La Leclair. 
Probably elsewhere too!

-- 
Jonathan Addleman - http://www.redowl.ca

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