source file: mills2.txt Date: Sun, 21 Jan 1996 14:51:23 -0800 Subject: Microtonal Composition From: "John H. Chalmers" Matthew: I'd like to see more on composition and aesthetics myself. To your list you might add Ivan Vyshnegradski whose Manuel d'harmonie a' quarts de ton was translated into English by Ivor Darreg and published in Xenharmonikon 6, Summer 1977 under the title Manual of Quartertone Harmony (XH6 is available as a photocopy from Frog Peak Music and in microform from Xerox University Microfilms). Also, A. D. Fokker has written a considerable amount on composition in JI and JI as mapped into 31-tone ET. Fokker's books are Just Intonation and New Music with 31 Notes (translated from the German by Leigh Gerdine). AFAIK, Blackwood's working notes for his Etudes have not been published, but when they are they will be an invaluable resource for composers who wish to translate common-practice and early 20th century harmony into 13-24 tone equal temperament. He used to make xeroxes of his very legible manuscript available at cost and I recommend them if you haven't seen them. BTW, is your dissertation available by xerox, ftp, microform, or publication? --John Received: from eartha.mills.edu [144.91.3.20] by vbv40.ezh.nl with SMTP-OpenVMS via TCP/IP; Sun, 21 Jan 1996 23:54 +0100 Received: from by eartha.mills.edu via SMTP (940816.SGI.8.6.9/930416.SGI) for id OAA04847; Sun, 21 Jan 1996 14:54:16 -0800 Date: Sun, 21 Jan 1996 14:54:16 -0800 Message-Id: <01I0A3YPLJT498DLMG@delphi.com> Errors-To: madole@ella.mills.edu Reply-To: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Originator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Sender: tuning@eartha.mills.edu