Lots-o-new mp3s

My most recent music for theatre was the play "Modigliani" by Dennis
McIntyre. They're striking (tearing down) the sets tonight.

I'm proud of my Satie/Mompou inspired (even a touch of Schumann spirit here
and there) piano score. All of it was improvised and then a few things here
and there edited.....I can't think of any of my music which came more
'through me' than this.

http://www.akjmusic.com/audio/theatre_work/Modigliani

Sorry, been too busy to put up a fancy html page with notes, etc...just grab
the files from the directory...the tuning was 1/5-comma meantone, BTW.

Also, for those who are interested, my Peer Gynt directory is up (my score
is from 2004). I've posted some of these music here back after it closed,
but never put all the choicebitsup online in one place. If you put a gun to
my head and said you'd destroy everything I've ever done except one work, I
might say keep this. All sorts of tunings, including 12-eq here and there,
but mostly various JI things (e.g. "Peer's Dream" is good ol' 5-limit
duodene, which is such an underrated thing)

http://www.akjmusic.com/audio/theatre_work/PeerGynt

--

Aaron Krister Johnson
http://www.akjmusic.com
http://www.untwelve.org

Aaron Johnson wrote:
> > > My most recent music for theatre was the play "Modigliani" by Dennis > McIntyre. They're striking (tearing down) the sets tonight.
> > I'm proud of my Satie/Mompou inspired (even a touch of Schumann spirit > here and there) piano score. All of it was improvised and then a few > things here and there edited.....I can't think of any of my music which > came more 'through me' than this.

I've been playing through a book of Satie's piano music lately. I've been thinking that would be a good style for exploring various tunings.

> http://www.akjmusic.com/audio/theatre_work/Modigliani
> > Sorry, been too busy to put up a fancy html page with notes, etc...just > grab the files from the directory...the tuning was 1/5-comma meantone, BTW.

I'm enjoying this non-traditional use of meantone, especially the contrast between minor and subminor.

> Also, for those who are interested, my Peer Gynt directory is up (my > score is from 2004). I've posted some of these music here back after it > closed, but never put all the choicebitsup online in one place. If you > put a gun to my head and said you'd destroy everything I've ever done > except one work, I might say keep this. All sorts of tunings, including > 12-eq here and there, but mostly various JI things (e.g. "Peer's Dream" > is good ol' 5-limit duodene, which is such an underrated thing)
> > http://www.akjmusic.com/audio/theatre_work/PeerGynt

I don't know about underrated, but it could use more attention.

--- In tuning@yahoogroups.com, Herman Miller <hmiller@...> wrote:
>
> Aaron Johnson wrote:
> >
> >
> > My most recent music for theatre was the play "Modigliani" by Dennis
> > McIntyre. They're striking (tearing down) the sets tonight.
> >
> > I'm proud of my Satie/Mompou inspired (even a touch of Schumann spirit
> > here and there) piano score. All of it was improvised and then a few
> > things here and there edited.....I can't think of any of my music which
> > came more 'through me' than this.
>
> I've been playing through a book of Satie's piano music lately. I've
> been thinking that would be a good style for exploring various tunings.

Ain't it the truth? I had an event at my home in late March, and I improvised ala Satie in Kraig Grady's 'Centaur' tuning, and it worked
quite well.

I think Satie's music is very naked and "to-the-point"--it doesn't try to cloth itself or hide behind anything, most of all, behind virtuosity in the 19th century way. It lets sound be sound, and so a beautiful tuning just can speak through it.

> > http://www.akjmusic.com/audio/theatre_work/Modigliani
> >
> > Sorry, been too busy to put up a fancy html page with notes, etc...just
> > grab the files from the directory...the tuning was 1/5-comma meantone, BTW.
>
> I'm enjoying this non-traditional use of meantone, especially the
> contrast between minor and subminor.
>
> > Also, for those who are interested, my Peer Gynt directory is up (my
> > score is from 2004). I've posted some of these music here back after it
> > closed, but never put all the choicebitsup online in one place. If you
> > put a gun to my head and said you'd destroy everything I've ever done
> > except one work, I might say keep this. All sorts of tunings, including
> > 12-eq here and there, but mostly various JI things (e.g. "Peer's Dream"
> > is good ol' 5-limit duodene, which is such an underrated thing)
> >
> > http://www.akjmusic.com/audio/theatre_work/PeerGynt
>
> I don't know about underrated, but it could use more attention.

Yup.

-AKJ