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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewAwarded the ASCAP Deems Taylor Award (2007).— ASCAP Deems Taylor Award
Table of ContentsEditor's Acknowledgments xi
Introduction xi
Bob Gilmore Ben Johnston: A Chronology xxv
Bob Gilmore 1. ON MUSIC THEORY Aesthetic Theory; Philosophical Background for Mathematical Theory; Musical Background for Application of Mathematical Theory 3
Scalar Order as a Compositional Resource 10
Proportionality and Expanded Musical Pitch Relations 32
Microtonal Resources 41
Tonality Regained 46
Music Theory 53
Rational Structure in Music 62
A Notation System for Extended Just Intonation 77
2. ON MUSICAL AESTHETICS AND CULTURE Musical Intelligibility: Where Are We? 91
A Talk on Contemporary Music 103
Festivals and New Music 107
Three Attacks on a Problem 109
On Context 118
Contribution to IMC Panel 122
How to Cook an Albatross 126
Art and Survival 134
On Bridge-Building 143
Seventeen Items 149
Art and Religion 151
Extended Just Intonation: A Position Paper 153
A.S.U.C. Keynote Address 156
Just Intonation and Mere Intonation 163
Without Improvement 166
Maximum Clarity 171
3. SOME COMPOSITIONS On
String Quartet No. 2 183
On
Sonata for Microtonal Piano 185
The Genesis of
Knocking Piece 187
Quintet for Groups: A Reminiscence 192
On
Carmilla 196
On
Crossings (String Quartet No. 3 and
String Quartet No. 4) 199
On
The Age of Surveillance 201
On
String Quartet No. 5 203
On
String Quartet No. 6 204
On
Journeys 205
On
Sleep and Waking 207
4. ON OTHER COMPOSERS Letter from Urbana 211
To
Perspectives of New Music re. John Cage 216
The Corporealism of Harry Partch 219
Harry Partch/John Cage 232
Harry Partch's
Cloud-Chamber Music 235
Beyond Harry Partch 243
Regarding La Monte Young 251
Notes on Sources 259
Bibliography 263
Discography 267
Index 271
