source file: mills3.txt Date: Tue, 30 Dec 1997 18:26:33 +0100 Subject: Ben Johnston From: "Bob Lee" Paul H. Erlich wrote: >Meantone results in no drift. A C is a C is a C. Other tunings will drift, C >will often end up around where B used to be. Ben Johnston, a JI composer, has >used this fact in writing Beethoven-style passages, which he follows with >other passages that cause the music to drift back up. The only Ben Johnston composition in my collection is the "Amazing Grace" recording by Kronos. It is a wonderful work, with some really effective modulations. Can anyone recommend other recordings of his music? Oh, I also have Kronos' recording of Partch's "Barstow" with Johnston doing the vocal part. I find it academic and obnoxious. It begs the question "Why?". This is not a work for string quartet, and it just sounds wrong. John Schneider's recording, on the other hand, projects the spirit of the lyrics quite well. Maybe Johnston has never been to Barstow (the town)... -b0b- SMTPOriginator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu From: "Paul H. Erlich" Subject: RE: re 19, 22, etc PostedDate: 30-12-97 18:35:56 SendTo: CN=coul1358/OU=AT/O=EZH ReplyTo: tuning@eartha.mills.edu $MessageStorage: 0 $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: 30-12-97 18:33:38-30-12-97 18:33:38,30-12-97 18:33:01-30-12-97 18:33:02 DeliveredDate: 30-12-97 18:33:02 Categories: $Revisions: Received: from ns.ezh.nl ([137.174.112.59]) by notesrv2.ezh.nl (Lotus SMTP MTA SMTP v4.6 (462.2 9-3-1997)) with SMTP id C125657D.0060730E; Tue, 30 Dec 1997 18:35:25 +0100 Received: by ns.ezh.nl; (5.65v3.2/1.3/10May95) id AA28221; Tue, 30 Dec 1997 18:35:56 +0100 Date: Tue, 30 Dec 1997 18:35:56 +0100 Received: from ella.mills.edu by ns (smtpxd); id XA28208 Received: (qmail 12944 invoked from network); 30 Dec 1997 09:35:53 -0800 Received: from localhost (HELO ella.mills.edu) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 30 Dec 1997 09:35:53 -0800 Message-Id: Errors-To: madole@mills.edu Reply-To: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Originator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Sender: tuning@eartha.mills.edu