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Microtonality is the use in music of microtones — intervals smaller than a semitone, also called "microintervals".It may also be extended to include any music using intervals not found in the customary Western tuning of twelve equal intervals per octave.
Sonido 13 is a theory of microtonal music created by the Mexican composer Julián Carrillo around 1900 [1] and described by Nicolas Slonimsky as "the field of sounds smaller than the twelve semitones of the tempered scale." [2] Carrillo developed this theory in 1895 [3] while he was experimenting with his violin.
Julián Carrillo Trujillo (January 28, 1875 – September 9, 1965) was a Mexican composer, [1] conductor, violinist and music theorist, famous for developing a theory of microtonal music which he dubbed "The Thirteenth Sound" .
Genesis of a Music is a book first published in 1949 by microtonal composer Harry Partch (1901–1974). Partch first presents a polemic against both equal temperament and the long history of stagnation in the teaching of music ; according to Alex Ross , this is "the most startling forty-five-page history of music ever written".
James Tenney. James Tenney (August 10, 1934 – August 24, 2006) was an American composer and music theorist.He made significant early musical contributions to plunderphonics, sound synthesis, algorithmic composition, process music, spectral music, microtonal music, and tuning systems including extended just intonation.
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Mayer Joel Mandelbaum (born October 12, 1932) is an American music composer and teacher, best known for his use of microtonal tuning (notably just intonation and 19 equal temperament and the 31 equal temperament). He wrote the first Ph.D. dissertation on microtonality in 1961.
Sandberg was a pioneer in the field of microtonal theory and music. He believed that a microtonal system of music could be the basis of making “a music of humanity” that would bring people together from all cultures and transcend local traditions. He argued that although there seemed to be a conflict between the western and eastern tonal ...