MeanTones Sources

__________   Primary Source   __________

Helmholtz, Hermann L.F. On the Sensations of Tone. Translated by Alexander J. Ellis. New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1954.

The Second English Edition, translated, thoroughly revised and corrected, conforming to the Fourth (and last) German Edition of 1877, with numerous additional notes and a new additional appendix bringing down information to 1885.

__________   Selected Sources   __________

Hansen, Kathleen. “All About Cents (Tuning).” KHansenMusic, March 20, 2020. YouTube video, 4:33. https://youtu.be/R3AfHm8awUc 

Lindley, Mark. Lutes, Viols & Temperaments. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1984.

Lindley, Mark. “Fifteenth-Century Evidence for Meantone Temperament.” Proceedings of the Royal Musical Association 102 (1975-1976) : 37-51. https://www.jstor.org/stable/766092.

Link, John W. Jr. “Understanding the Two Great Temperaments: Equal and Meantone.” Journal of Research in Music Education 13, no. 3 (Autumn 1965): 136-46. https://www.jstor.org/stable/3343668.

Meffen, John. A Guide to Tuning Musical Instruments. North Pomfret, VT: David & Charles, 1982.

Rotem, Elam. “Tuning and Temperaments in the Renaissance - PART II.” Early Music Sources, March 11, 2016. YouTube video, 9:58.  https://youtu.be/nLa7GOKGMaQ 

Sassmannshaus, Kurt. “Intonation: Which System to Use When.” Violinmasterclass, March 14, 2012. YouTube video, 4:13.  https://youtu.be/QaYOwIIvgHg

Schott, Howard. “From Harpsichord to Pianoforte: A Chronology and Commentary.” Early Music 13, no. 1 (Feb. 1985): 28-38. https://www.jstor.org/stable/3127401.

Stembridge, Christopher. “The Cimbalo Cromatico and Other Italian Keyboard Instruments with Nineteen or More Divisions to the Octave (Surviving Specimens and Documentary Evidence).” Performance Practice Review 6, no. 1 (Spring 1993): 33-58. https://scholarship.claremont.edu/ppr/vol6/iss1/2.