Program 534: Equal Tuning Microtonal Music
KALW Broadcast Date: October 19, 2018 | Host: Liam Herb
Imagine a traditional piano. From the note C to the C an octave above it there are 12 tones—that are equal distances apart, and do not repeat. Equal tuning microtonal music takes that same C to the C an octave above and puts more than 12 tones—that are equal distances apart and do not repeat—between the two.
Join us as we explore the alien world of equal tuning microtonal music through the works of Ezra Sims, Alois Hába, and Easely Blackwood.
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Title: Fanfare in 19 Equal Tuning, opus 28a
Composer: Easely Blackwood
Performers: Easely Blackwood
Recording Title: Easely Blackwood Microtonal Compositions
Record Label: Cedille Records
Catalog Number: B000009KIL
Title: 12 Microtonal Etudes: Mov. 1-6 (I. 16 Notes: Andantino; II. 18 Notes: Allegro volando; III. 21 Notes: Suite in four movements; IV. 23 Notes: Allegro moderato; V. 13 Notes: Sostenuto; VI. 15 Notes: Lento)
Composer: Easely Blackwood
Performers: Easely Blackwood
Recording Title: Easely Blackwood Microtonal Compositions
Record Label: Cedille Records
Catalog Number: B000009KIL
Title: Suite for Quarter-tone Piano opus 62
Composer: Alois Hába
Performers: Vladimir Koula
Recording Title: Alois Hába: Centenary
Record Label: Supraphon
Catalog Number: 11 1865-2 913
Title: Septet: mov. 1 “easy-going”
Composer: Ezra Sims
Performers: Janet Packer, violin; Anne Black, viola; Ted Mook, cello; Ian Greitzer, clarinet; Kenneth Radnofsky, saxophone; Thomas Haunton, French horn
Recording Title: All Done From Memory
Record Label: Northeastern Records
Catalog Number: NR 224
