Ivor Darreg: Difference between revisions
added a paragraph about numaudo |
Fix link to Darreg's Xenharmonic Bulletin No. 1 |
||
| Line 4: | Line 4: | ||
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>. | ||