American Festival of Microtonal Music in 2014
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The article describes the American Festival of Microtonal
Music, which took place at the Spectrum gallery in New York
on April 12–15, 2014. The director of the festival, composer and
bassoonist, Johnny Reinhard, has been a longtime champion of
microtonal music. He has given this rare trend of music extensive
study and has promoted it in his numerous concerts and lectures.
In March 1981 he founded the American Festival of Microtonal
Music in New York, in which the works of numerous microtonal
compositions by many composers of the most varied styles have
been performed. The music heard in the festival has included
microtonal composers from the early 20th century to the present
day, music from earlier styles – the Renaissance, Baroque,
Classical and Romantic time periods – in preBach
tunings,
ethnic music of all kinds, jazz, rock and improvisation. Reinhard
has also demonstrated himself as an original and inventive
composer, as well as a virtuosic and imaginative improviser. The
article presents an overview of Reinhard’s musical activities, and
then presents a detailed description of each of the four concerts
comprising the festival, which included performances of works
by contemporary composers, including Reinhard, interviews
with microtonal composers and joint improvisations by several
musicians.
Keywords: Johnny Reinhard, composer, microtonal music,
festival, American Festival of Microtonal Music
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