... free change of key. In other words, the piano is out of tune by hypothesis. Only this compromise, necessitated in the development of harmony, has made possible the triumphs of modern orchestration. A purely melodic art, however, may be no less intensely cultivated, and remains the advantages of pure intonation and modal colouring. Apart from the keyed instruments of modern Europe there scarcely ...

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