new music in 11EDO

Hello everybody,

Over the Rivers is a piece I wrote as a personal homage to Charles
Ives for the occasion of the 50th anniversary of his passing.
Unfortunately it took a lot longer to complete than I hoped, over a
year for two minutes of music, and the anniversary came and went. But
I'm very happy with the piece and what's a date anyway; surely
nothing in the larger scope of appreciating Ives' unique and timeless
contributions!

Technically speaking, there's a lot going on in this piece, but I'd
like to take the time to call attention to one aspect in particular.
Over the Rivers is composed in 11-tone equal temperament. This
tuning, and other tunings like it, are routinely mentioned by
theorists as atonal or discordant tunings with little or no practical
purpose. This is simply not the case,and I intentionally kept this
piece on the threshold of tonality just to accentuate the unique
beauty these "atonal" and "discordant" tunings can express if one
takes the time to look...

http://zebox.com/daniel_anthony_stearns/

Thanks,
Dan Stearns

>Hello everybody,
>
>Over the Rivers is a piece I wrote as a personal homage to Charles
>Ives for the occasion of the 50th anniversary of his passing.
//
>Technically speaking, there's a lot going on in this piece,

I'll say! Good work, Dan!

-Carl

I liked it Dan. My wife certainly was surprised at first, and it did cut out
on my computer two times. But it was vital music. I alway felt that it is
more important what the composer does with the tuned notes, than any intrinsic
power that the tuning held, which held the majority of sway on the listener.
After all, major can be sad and minor can be happy.

best, Johnny Reinhard

sorry that all his projects are still not completely active

hello johnny,thanks for the listen and the kind comments. btw,I agree
100%, it's more important what the composer does with the tuned notes
than any intrinsic power that the tuning holds.
--- In tuning@yahoogroups.com, Afmmjr@a... wrote:
> I liked it Dan. My wife certainly was surprised at first, and it
did cut out
> on my computer two times. But it was vital music. I alway felt
that it is
> more important what the composer does with the tuned notes, than
any intrinsic
> power that the tuning held, which held the majority of sway on the
listener.
> After all, major can be sad and minor can be happy.
>
> best, Johnny Reinhard
>
> sorry that all his projects are still not completely active