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Thread #138837   Message #3179976
Posted By: ripov
01-Jul-11 - 06:50 PM
Thread Name: Tune Add: The Hole in the Wall (Henry Purcell)
Subject: RE: Tune Add: The Hole in the Wall: Henry Purcell
the Oxford Companion offers for The tudor period;
Domestic keyboard pitch 3 semitones below modern concert pitch
Secular Vocal pitch same as modern
Church Organ pitch a tone higher.
And re Bach;
in some cantatas ... the voice string and organ parts in A or Bb and the woodwind in C .. the exact pitch might depend on the organ where the work was performed.

So some flexibility there then!