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He began experimenting with [[quartertone]]s in 1932, constructed his microtonal Electronic Keyboard Oboe in 1936, and thereafter composed and improvised microtonal music until his death in 1994.<ref>''Darreg, 1993'' - List of Anniversaries (pending publication, ask [[Joseph Monzo]] for details)</ref> | He began experimenting with [[quartertone]]s in 1932, constructed his microtonal Electronic Keyboard Oboe in 1936, and thereafter composed and improvised microtonal music until his death in 1994.<ref>''Darreg, 1993'' - List of Anniversaries (pending publication, ask [[Joseph Monzo]] for details)</ref> | ||
Darreg coined the term "[[xenharmonic]]" in March 1966.<ref>''Xenharmonic Bulletin No. 1'' - Xenarmonia A' (March 1966); accessible at http://www.tonalsoft.com/sonic-arts/darreg/ | Darreg coined the term "[[xenharmonic]]" in March 1966.<ref>''Xenharmonic Bulletin No. 1'' - Xenarmonia A' (March 1966); accessible at http://www.tonalsoft.com/sonic-arts/darreg/xhb1.htm</ref> | ||
Darreg was the 'Johnny Appleseed' of xen; he personally guided many people, and networked with cassette tapes before the World Wide Web. The informal meetings he held with [[Glen Prior]] starting around 1958 later evolved into the [[Xenharmonic Alliance]]<ref> ''Xenharmonic Music Alliance'' - the Xenharmonic Music Alliance (some time before 2007); accessible at http://www.tonalsoft.com/sonic-arts/darreg/xallianc.htm</ref>. | Darreg was the 'Johnny Appleseed' of xen; he personally guided many people, and networked with cassette tapes before the World Wide Web. The informal meetings he held with [[Glen Prior]] starting around 1958 later evolved into the [[Xenharmonic Alliance]]<ref> ''Xenharmonic Music Alliance'' - the Xenharmonic Music Alliance (some time before 2007); accessible at http://www.tonalsoft.com/sonic-arts/darreg/xallianc.htm</ref>. | ||
[[Johnny Reinhard]] had about 90 cassette tapes of Ivor given to Johnny by Ivor, with the instructions to get it out to the world. Johnny has released the contents of some of these tapes on Bandcamp in 2018 and 2019 (see ''Ivor Darreg Originals'' below), with more to be released soon. The remainder of the collection is in the [[AFMM]]'s microtonal archive in Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina. | [[Johnny Reinhard]] had about 90 cassette tapes of Ivor given to Johnny by Ivor, with the instructions to get it out to the world. Johnny has released the contents of some of these tapes on Bandcamp in 2018 and 2019 (see ''Ivor Darreg Originals'' below), with more to be released soon. The remainder of the collection is in the [[AFMM]]'s microtonal archive in Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina. | ||
Darreg devised a sort of micro-conlang for expressing mathematical concepts orally, called Numaudo, because it makes '''num'''bers '''aud'''ible. It bears a slight resemblance to [[Kite's color notation|color notation]]. In 1960 he published a 53-page book about it <ref>https://panix.com/~bartlett/Numaudo_copy_1.pdf and https://panix.com/~bartlett/Numaudo_copy_2.pdf</ref> | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
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== External links == | == External links == | ||
'''Articles''' | '''Articles''' | ||
* [http://www.huygens-fokker.org/whoswho/darreg.html Ivor Darreg] on the Huygens-Fokker Foundation website | * [http://www.huygens-fokker.org/whoswho/darreg.html ''Ivor Darreg''] on the [[Huygens-Fokker Foundation]] website | ||
* [http://www.tonalsoft.com/sonic-arts/darreg/index.htm Ivor Darreg] on the [[Sonic Arts]] website (hosted by Tonalsoft) | * [http://www.tonalsoft.com/sonic-arts/darreg/index.htm ''Ivor Darreg''] on the [[Sonic Arts]] website (hosted by Tonalsoft) | ||
'''Music''' | '''Music''' | ||
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'''Other''' | '''Other''' | ||
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20181221232754/http://xen-arts.net/ivor2/ IVOR2, a VST microtonal synth named after Ivor Darreg] (archived) | * [http://web.archive.org/web/20181221232754/http://xen-arts.net/ivor2/ ''IVOR2, a VST microtonal synth named after Ivor Darreg''] (archived) | ||
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