source file: mills3.txt Date: Sun, 21 Sep 1997 16:24:24 +0200 Subject: Re: pop in microtones From: Johnny Reinhard Perhaps microtones is -- and has already been -- part and parcel of pop. Without getting too specific at first about what _pop_ is, comtemplate the following if you will. Blues, heavy metal, rap, and much of music for commercials (unusual music needed for quick sell). Beach Boys and Pink Floyd are regularly in just intonation. Whitney Houston and Albert King and Odetta and Louis Armstrong are regular practitioners of microtones. Globalization of world music brings in the microtonal musics of Bulgaria, Egypt, India, Indonesia, et al. The pedigree of Charles Ives for theory, intentioin, and compositions leads to microtone useage by composers Aaron Copland, Bela Bartok, Pierre Boulez, Gyorgy Liggeti, Krzysztof Penderecki, et al. International pioneering by Partch, Wyschnegradsky, Haba, Fokker, Carrillo, et al. lead to new generations of micros, that beget even more recent generations. Right now in New York, microtones are mainstream. Within the last 10 years there has been a lead microtonalist at each newspaper and radio station in the city. Denver, Boston, San Diego, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and other cities provide microtonal institutions. And yes, there are numbers of rock bands around the country, if not the world, many on this list. Microtonal distinction is part of what gives that special sound to a new musician or a musical group. Time to stopping looking into the books and smell the coffee. Microtones are here to stay. :) Johnny Reinhard American Festival of Microtonal Music 318 East 70th Street, Suite 5FW New York, New York 10021 USA (212)517-3550/fax (212) 517-5495 reinhard@idt.net http://www.echonyc.com/~jhhl/AFMM/ SMTPOriginator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu From: non12@deltanet.com Subject: Burt Concert (fwd) PostedDate: 21-09-97 17:38:44 SendTo: CN=coul1358/OU=AT/O=EZH ReplyTo: tuning@eartha.mills.edu $UpdatedBy: CN=notesrv2/OU=Server/O=EZH,CN=coul1358/OU=AT/O=EZH,CN=Manuel op de Coul/OU=AT/O=EZH RouteServers: CN=notesrv2/OU=Server/O=EZH,CN=notesrv1/OU=Server/O=EZH RouteTimes: 21-09-97 17:38:28-21-09-97 17:38:29,21-09-97 17:37:38-21-09-97 17:37:38 DeliveredDate: 21-09-97 17:37:38 Categories: $Revisions: Received: from ns.ezh.nl by notesrv2.ezh.nl (Lotus SMTP MTA v1.1 (385.6 5-6-1997)) with SMTP id C1256519.0055E9C3; Sun, 21 Sep 1997 17:38:24 +0200 Received: by ns.ezh.nl; (5.65v3.2/1.3/10May95) id AA03025; Sun, 21 Sep 1997 17:38:44 +0200 Date: Sun, 21 Sep 1997 17:38:44 +0200 Received: from ella.mills.edu by ns (smtpxd); id XA03023 Received: (qmail 4468 invoked from network); 21 Sep 1997 15:38:40 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO ella.mills.edu) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 21 Sep 1997 15:38:40 -0000 Message-Id: Errors-To: madole@mills.edu Reply-To: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Originator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Sender: tuning@eartha.mills.edu