Year: 2009
Type: article
Abstract: The statement by Bradley Lehman that the scribble at the beginning of the first page of the WTC shows how J.S. Bach tuned his harpsichord is much disputed. The use of a mathematical and rather abstract characterization of major scales puts forward a quality of the Lehman temperament that singles it out among all competing temperaments, thereby sustaining his claim.
Source: Music Theory Online
DOI: 10.30535/mto.15.2.1
Author: Emmanuel Amiot
Language: English
Subfield: Music
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2295544887