Overview of historical temperaments on keyboard instruments.
The need for temperament arises because it is impossible to have octaves, fifths, thirds, etc., all pure at once, or, in other words, because the ratios of the different pure intervals are incompatible....
temperament, tuning, Pythagore, just intonation, Aaron,... >>read more
The Complete Baroque Music Page: articles, composer biographies, portraits, music samples. All you need in 40plus well-documented sub-pages.
The English word baroque is derived from the Italian barocco, meaning bizarre, though probably exuberant would be a better translation more accurately reflecting the sense. The usage of this term... >>read more