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{{Wikipedia|Ivor Darreg}} | {{Wikipedia|Ivor Darreg}} | ||
'''Ivor Darreg''' (May 5, 1917 – February 12, 1994) was a leading composer and theorist. He | '''Ivor Darreg''' (May 5, 1917 – February 12, 1994) was a leading composer, instrument builder and theorist. He made microtonal music from 1936<ref>http://www.tonalsoft.com/sonic-arts/darreg/oboe.htm</ref> or 1937<ref>http://www.huygens-fokker.org/whoswho/darreg.html</ref> until his death in 1994. | ||
Around 1967, he coined the term ''[[xenharmonic]]''<ref>http://www.tonalsoft.com/sonic-arts/darreg/piano.htm</ref>. | |||
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He was the Johnny Appleseed of xen; he personally guided many people, and networked with cassette tapes before World Wide Web. The informal meetings he held with Glen Prior starting around 1958 later evolved into the [[Xenharmonic Alliance]]<ref>http://www.tonalsoft.com/sonic-arts/darreg/xallianc.htm</ref>. | |||
[[Johnny Reinhard]] has about 90 cassette tapes of Ivor given to Johnny by Ivor, with the instructions to get it out to the world. Johnny will be rolling these out in the coming years. {{todo|update}} <!-- checking with Johnny Reinhard if the current releases are complete --~~~~ --> | |||
== References == | |||
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== External links == | == External links == | ||
* [http://www.tonalsoft.com/sonic-arts/darreg/index.htm | '''Articles''' | ||
* [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) | |||
'''Music''' | |||
* [https://ivordarreg.bandcamp.com ''Detwelvulate!''] on Bandcamp | |||
* [https://johnnyreinhard.bandcamp.com/album/ivor-darreg-originals-i ''Ivor Darreg Originals - I''] (Live in Glendale) on Bandcamp (released by Johnny Reinhard) | |||
* [https://johnnyreinhard.bandcamp.com/album/ivor-darreg-originals-2 ''Ivor Darreg Originals - II''] (Live in Glendale) on Bandcamp (released by Johnny Reinhard) | |||
* [https://biptunia.com/?p=2811 Remaster of ''Live in Glendale'' (torrent)]{{dead link}} | |||
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20201127014610/http://clones.soonlabel.com/public/micro/gene_ward_smith/Others/Prelude%20%231%20for%207-limit%20JI.mp3 ''Prelude #1 in 7-limit JI''] (archived) | |||
'''Other''' | |||
* [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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[[Category:Instrument makers]] | |||
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