Re: Unanswered Question #1

"paramucho" <paramucho@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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> In Mozart's time Major and minor were still thought of as "Ionian" and
> "Aeolian" by many, although there was some debate as to whether the
> minor was actually "Aeolian" or in fact "Dorian".
>

A quote from Mozart:

 Herr Demmler took the
first part, I the second, and Herr Stein the third. I then played
a solo, my last sonata in D, for Durnitz, and afterwards my
concerto in B; then again a solo in the organ style, namely, a
fugue in C minor, then all of a sudden a splendid sonata in C
major, fini****ng with a rondo, all extem****e. What a noise and
commotion there was! Herr Stein did nothing but make faces and
grimaces of astonishment. Herr Demmler was seized with fits of
laughter, for he is a queer creature, and when anything pleases
him exceedingly, he can't help laughing heartily; indeed, on this
occasion he actually began to swear! Addio!

It does not appear to me that he is using Aeolian, Ionian, or Dorian. This

was 1777. At 21, I'd say it was still in Mozart's time.

Though the translation from German, or Latin, or whatever he was writing
in 
that day may have been mis-translated by overzealous tonalists.

Steve