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'''Rick Tagawa''' studied composition with [[Elliot Carter]] and [[Luciano Berio]] at the Juilliard School and later did graduate studies in ethnomusicology at UCLA. It was there that he developed an interest in [[Ugandan]] traditional music with its sophisticated use of a [[Category:5-tone scales|5-tone]] [[quasi-equal]] temperament. (In this music the seconds can vary from 190 to 279 [[cents]] over a 3 1/2-[[octave]] xylophone.) | '''Rick Tagawa''' studied composition with [[Elliot Carter]] and [[Luciano Berio]] at the Juilliard School and later did graduate studies in ethnomusicology at UCLA. It was there that he developed an interest in [[Ugandan]] traditional music with its sophisticated use of a [[Category:5-tone scales|5-tone]] [[quasi-equal]] temperament. (In this music the seconds can vary from 190 to 279 [[cents]] over a 3 1/2-[[octave]] xylophone.) | ||
He has published a composition for percussion and has numerous other works to his credit, including a large-scale work for orchestra using [[Kiganda]] musical techniques and [[72edo|72-tone equal temperament]]. His interests include the intonational nuances in American popular music, [[Indian music]], and other musics. | He has published a composition for [[percussion]] and has numerous other works to his credit, including a large-scale work for orchestra using [[Kiganda]] musical techniques and [[72edo|72-tone equal temperament]]. His interests include the intonational nuances in American popular music, [[Indian music]], and other musics. | ||
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