J.S. Bach and the coulé de tierce melodique

I wrote this 15 years ago when I was a harpsichord doctoral student. If life had gone differently, I would probably have adapted it for publication. As it is, it's just been sitting in a box in the attic all these years. I don't know how much has changed in Baroque performance practice since I wrote this, but maybe someone might still find it interesting. After I wrote it, I sent it to Kenneth Gilbert who wrote back a complimentary note saying it was "of commanding interest" "raising points that appear never to have been properly discussed before, if at all, in print" and that he agreed with most of what I had to say.

J.S. Bach and the coulé de tierce melodique