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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.
Sean Archibald (born 1988), also known as Sevish, is a British electronic music composer from London.Described by Aaron Krister Johnson as "a well-known creative force in the world of online microtonal music," he is most known for his compositions which combine aspects of electronic dance music with microtonality.
Microtonal compositions (4 P) J. Just tuning and intervals (4 C, 14 P, 3 F) M. Microtonal musicians (1 C, 47 P) N. ... Xenharmonic music This page was last ...
Newband is a contemporary music ensemble devoted to the performance of microtonal music.The group was founded in 1977 by musicians Stefani Starin and Dean Drummond.As a youth, Drummond performed with the maverick composer Harry Partch in a unique ensemble of microtonal instruments that Partch designed and built himself; Drummond performed in the premieres of Partch’s Daphne of the Dunes, And ...
The most important works include his String quartets, which document and demonstrate the development of the composer's style (microtonal music and his most innovative opera: "Matka" (Mother). Hába's first microtonal composition is Suite , op.1a from 1918, his earliest published mictrotonal piece is the 2nd Quartet (1920) and his last was the ...
Ivor Darreg (May 5, 1917 – February 12, 1994) was an American composer and leading proponent of microtonal or "xenharmonic" music. He also created a series of experimental musical instruments . Biography
Johnny Reinhard (born 1956) is a microtonal composer, bassoonist, author and conductor. Reinhard employs many avant-garde techniques in his bassoon performance such as glissando and multiphonics, as well as uses just intonation and other microtonal tuning systems. Notable compositions by Reinhard include "Dune" (1990), "Cosmic rays" (1995 ...
Harry Partch (June 24, 1901 – September 3, 1974) was an American composer, music theorist, and creator of unique musical instruments.He composed using scales of unequal intervals in just intonation, and was one of the first 20th-century composers in the West to work systematically with microtonal scales, alongside Lou Harrison.