Froberger's Suite XIX in c minor, and temperament as a means of expression. @johnmoraitis

Uploaded January 2019 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
1:14 The Bulyowsky Manuscript
4:24 Characteristics of quarter-comma meantone
9:29 Temperament as a means of expression
10:23 Quarter-comma meantone & Froberger's c minor suite
13:59 Tonal ambiguity in the 17th century
15:30 Tonal ambiguity in Froberger
18:16 Concluding remarks
20:00 Allemande
23:40 Gigue
25:46 Courante
27:12 Sarabande

Johann Jacob Froberger: Suite XIX in c minor:
I. Allemande
II. Gigue
III. Courante
IV. Sarabande

John Moraitis, harpsichord.
Harpsichord by Martine Argellies (Montpellier, 2012), after Dulcken.
Temperament: quarter-comma meantone. A=415 Hz.

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