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Andrys D Basten <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 31 Jul 2000 12:58:09 -0700
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>In most cases I believe "early" tunings were somewhere around A=415.
>I think you'll find differently in Baroque-period England, however.
>Henry Purcell heard something more along the lines of AF6.  Certainly
>the "characters" of the different keys had at least some effect on the
>music composed.

17th C. English music, played on recorders of that time, were sometimes a
note higher than A=440 while most music at that time was played at A=415
(it varied depending on organs in the region etc.)

In France, the music was often played at A=392 as well.  There are many
examples of this on record (then and on 'recordings' now).

Andrys in Berkeley
http://andrys.com/books.html

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