Need help: just intonation pedagogical demo

Hi, I am new to this list, and, although interested in
intonation for a long time, I am far from being an expert.

I have to organize a demonstration of just intonation, aimed at
non-specialists, and in fact non-musicians
(this is part of a bigger project about relationships between math
and music).

I thought it would be nice to illustrate theory with actual
pieces, so the demonstration could be concluded by a little concert.
For this demonstration, we will use a midi keyboard
hooked to a sound module (or computer program) which allows just
intonation. We restrict ourselves to a 12 tones/octave scale, or less.

That's why I am looking for some pieces that are composed for just
intonation that could be performed by a keyboardist.

For the purpose of the demonstration, it would be nice if these pieces
would sound bad when played in equal temperament.

I thought of ancient greek music, but in fact we have no restriction
about the period or the origin of the composition. The only
restriction is that it should not be too technical to perform.

So all your suggestions are welcome! If you can inform me about
archives where I could download some scores, it would also be very
nice.

Thanks in advance, Emmanuel.

Emmanuel... wrote:
>That's why I am looking for some pieces that are composed for just
>intonation that could be performed by a keyboardist.

I don't know much JI music that's nonmicrotonal, let alone where to
find scores of it. Terry Riley's "The harp of New Albion" is for
JI piano, but I don't know if there's a score. Or maybe another
Riley piece.
Perhaps you can choose a classical chorale that sounds ok in JI and
demonstrate the difference with ET.

Manuel

--- In tuning@y..., <manuel.op.de.coul@e...> wrote:
>
> Emmanuel... wrote:
> >That's why I am looking for some pieces that are composed for just
> >intonation that could be performed by a keyboardist.
>
> I don't know much JI music that's nonmicrotonal, let alone where to
> find scores of it. Terry Riley's "The harp of New Albion" is for
> JI piano, but I don't know if there's a score. Or maybe another
> Riley piece.

What about Lou Harrison?

> Perhaps you can choose a classical chorale that sounds ok in JI

It might be hard to find one.

> and
> demonstrate the difference with ET.

Meantone will usually sound much better than either JI or ET --
particularly if you pick something from the Renaissance, such as
Byrd, Palestrina, Lassus, or Victoria; or even a Bach chorale that's
in one of the meantone-like keys in Werckmeister III.

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>
> What about Lou Harrison?
>

Lou Harrison would be perfect for my purposes.
But where could I find scores, here in France?
Are there any online scores?

Thanks, Emmanuel.