What I love about being a musician is the opportunity to learn more about the history of music. Now, had you asked me that while I was a student, I’d probably have growled at you. Way back in the recesses of my brain, I dig up the memory of music…
Joseph Goebbels is said to have been behind the choice of our current concert pitch being set to A=440. Leonard Horowitz is a promoter of this conspiracy theory. A little lesson in music history may assist the reader in deciding for themselves whether this is a probable theory or not. Does this relate to the ancient solfeggio frequencies? A lesson in both music history and music theory should help the reader make that determination.