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Ibo Ortgies <[log in to unmask]>
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Am 07.12.2012 um 18:47 schrieb Davitt Moroney <[log in to unmask]>:

> Does anyone know anything about the Froberger piece that was supposed to go through all 12 keys, introducing the theme on all 12 degrees of the chromatic scale? It's mentioned by Werckmeister (1697).


Hi, 

not more than, that Werckmeister mentions it. Might be hearsay of W's time or not.

I have written about this before here on the list.

Werckmeister might not have been aware, though, or not even willing to mention that Froberger was part of the enharmonic stronghold that the Habsburg courts were (it would have made W's argument against meantone temperament much weaker).

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. ;)


Best

Ibo

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