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Music Lane It's all about the music, dude! Sit down, relax and listen to some tunes. |
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Music Lane It's all about the music, dude! Sit down, relax and listen to some tunes. |
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I happened on that old article. God, what a pack rat. I don't know if the recordings are still available, but this is what I found:+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
An artist name Christopher Stembridge performed in Cleveland in 2001. He played a “cembalo chromatico†a keyboard built by Willard Martin of Bethlehem, PA. This instrument has 19 notes to the octave.
Another ancient instrument of this type was the “archicembaloâ€, a harpsichord with 31 notes to the octave. Keyboards of the 16th and 17th century had as many as 64 notes to the octave. The black notes were divided into split sharps to allow for the playing of semitones. Extra accidentals were inserted between adjacent white notes.
Back then “pure intervals were crucial to composers who wrote experimental music of such extreme chromaticism that it still sounds wildly modern todayâ€.
“In the Renaissance, musicians believed in the mystical powers of pure intervals. Music written for the Elevation, the holiest moment in the celebration of the Mass, was to be pure white. ‘It was high power, mystical white magic,’ Martin said.â€
Stembridge also played a 1986 Hradetzky organ modeled after 18th cent Italian instruments and tuned in unequal temperament.
“Stembridge said the cromatico is ‘good for accompanying people’- if they sing or play the violin with pure intonation.
This is from a Cleveland Plain Dealer article, Feb 26, 2001. Wilma Salisbury is the writer.
I believe there was once a website for Stembridge or Martin.
Here’s a start:
http://www.btinternet.com/~goehl/cps/body/recordings.html
http://www.southwilts.info/cps/about.htm
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Topic - For jusbe and anyone interested in keyboards pre well tempered. - edta 11:12:54 03/13/04 (3)
- WTC using Werckmeister/Kirnberger temperaments - ephemere 22:31:31 03/14/04 (1)
- Thankyou. nt - jusbe 01:22:59 03/15/04 (0)
- Noted for future reference. Thanks edta. nt - jusbe 13:00:18 03/14/04 (0)
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