source file: m1377.txt Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1998 10:43:14 -0400 Subject: reply to Momilani Ramstrum From: "Paul H. Erlich" Books that do an excellent job with both history and at least one composer's original ideas are: 1. _The Structure of Recognizable Diatonic Tunings_ by Easley Blackwood (don't have the citation handy). 2. _Genesis of a Music_ by Harry Partch. Da Capo Press, New York, 1974. 3. _New Music with 31 notes_ by A. D. Fokker. Verlag fur systematiche Musikwissenschaft GmbH, Bonn, 1975. Start with these and then I can give you references for specific theories.