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In Reply to: John, see above, and thank you! posted by Timbo in Oz on December 10, 2014 at 12:25:42:
I think that all keyboard music at least to the end of Brahms works with the Bach-Spiral temperament. That is a reconstructed non-equal "well-tempered" scheme believed to be the one that JS Bach taught to his keyboard students.
The Bach Spiral scheme makes the "homier" keys such as C more in tune, while "hiding" the resultant out-of-tune-ness in "spicy" or "accent" keys such as F# or b.
And if you look at the Well-Tempered Clavier from a structural standpoint while taking matters of temperament into account, pieces for the homier keys seem to have more sustain, to revel in the in-tune-ness, while the pieces in the farthest-out keys seem to "picket-fence" the notes in order to avoid dissonances.
I can point you to a pair of Brahms organ-work performances (Equal Tempered versus Bach Spiral organs) if you are interested; I wish I knew of a pair of Bach piano performance examples. But I once heard an MP3 of a late Brahms piano piece in Bach-Spiral and it sounded great.
Dunno 'bout Stravinsky, tho.
JM
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