Re: Digest Number 435

>How will you decide whether to reject or accept a submission? I.e., what,
>operationally, do you mean by "microtonal"?
>
>John Link

I guess I'll just have to trust you. Really, everything but strict 12tet
is appropriate. Whadda ya got, bub?

>John, your response is perfectly logical, but to balance the
>argument, remember that Brahms (composing c. 1851-1896) refused
>to make use of the valved brass instruments that were invented
>around the beginning of his career and exploited so effectively
>by Wagner and his followers. (Brahms continued working for
>13 more years after Wagner's death.)
>
>Of course Brahms was criticized from many quarters for this
>reactionary adherence to a past aesthetic, but keep in mind
>that one of his reasons for retaining the old valveless horns
>was his love for their JI intervals (documented in
>Swafford's _Brahms: A biography_).
>-monz

And Brahms was being perfectly logical: he used the right tool for the
job. Good for him for not caving to the style police!

BTW, thanks Carl for the URLs. I had heard some Nancarrow when I was in my
20s and thought it was cool, but I had forgotten about him until the
recent mention on the list. It was great to hear the Real Audio files. I
am jazzed!

John Starrett
http://www-math.cudenver.edu/~jstarret/microtone.html

>From: John Starrett <jstarret@math.cudenver.edu>
>
>>How will you decide whether to reject or accept a submission? I.e., what,
>>operationally, do you mean by "microtonal"?
>>
>>John Link
>
>I guess I'll just have to trust you. Really, everything but strict 12tet
>is appropriate. Whadda ya got, bub?

I might like to put up excerpts from my forthcoming CD, which features five
voices and 12tet guitar. A few of the selections are without the guitar, or
use the guitar for just a pedal.

John Link

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