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Personally, it depends, but it’s not as irritating as people often imagine it might be. If I have a particular relationship to a piece, it can be strange hearing it in another key, just as it’s sometimes strange hearing something performed by another instrument. The cultural context also matters; it would definitely be odd going to a piano concert and hearing a Steinway not tuned to A440, but hearing a group playing on period instruments at Baroque pitch feels fine.


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