Ben Johnston

Paul H. Erlich wrote:
>Meantone results in no drift. A C is a C is a C. Other tunings will drift,
C
>will often end up around where B used to be. Ben Johnston, a JI composer,
has
>used this fact in writing Beethoven-style passages, which he follows with
>other passages that cause the music to drift back up.

The only Ben Johnston composition in my collection is the "Amazing Grace"
recording by Kronos. It is a wonderful work, with some really effective
modulations. Can anyone recommend other recordings of his music?

Oh, I also have Kronos' recording of Partch's "Barstow" with Johnston doing
the vocal part. I find it academic and obnoxious. It begs the question
"Why?". This is not a work for string quartet, and it just sounds wrong.
John Schneider's recording, on the other hand, projects the spirit of the
lyrics quite well. Maybe Johnston has never been to Barstow (the town)...

-b0b-


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On Tue, 30 Dec 1997, Paul H. Erlich wrote:
> Paul, this is not correct. The terms "singly positive," "doubly negative,"
> etc. refer to the size of the Pythagorean comma, not the syntonic comma.

Yes, I know; I already corrected myself this morning.

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