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Mozarteum Academy Salzburg, Mirabellplatz 1, 5020 Salzburg, Austria
4th International Symposium "Microtones"
Microtone Research — Music with Microtones — Ekmelic Music
with the co-operation of the Mozarteum Academy Salzburg.
Staging of three concerts with microtonal/ekmelic compositions, recorded and broadcasted by the ORF Radio.
The Richter Herf-Institute for Basic Musical Research was presented with an exhibition of the publications on ekmelic music. A computer program for the representation of ekmelic polyphony, developed by Gerhard Klösch, was demonstrated. Furthermore, a discussion about a uniform notation for microtonal music took place, moderated by Wolfgang Danzmayr.
For the symposium, a Book as well as reports in the domestic and foreign press and in the Austrian and Bavarian radio were published.
Lectures
Microtonal Composition in the 20th Century
Roman Brotbeck, St. Clément sur Guye
Flucht in die Praxis – Flucht aus der Theorie. Die amerikanischen Pioniere der Mikrotonalität Julián Carrillo, Harry Partch und Mordecai Sandberg
Georg Friedrich Haas, Graz
“Arc-en-ciel”, op. 37 – Ivan Wyshnegradskys behutsame Annäherung an das Zwölfteltonintervall
Ezra Sims, Boston, Mass., USA
Reflections on This and That (May 1991),
Reflexionen (November 1990)Prof. Rainer Zillhardt, Essen, Germany
Überlegungen zu den äußeren und inneren Bedingungen mikrotonaler Strukturen anhand von Luigi Nonos Orchesterstück “A Carlo Scarpa”
Microtonal Notation
Prof. Dr. Horst-Peter Hesse, Salzburg, Austria
Standartisierte Notation für mikrotonale Musik,
Mikrotonale Notation im Vergleich
Microtone Research
Prof. Dr. Jobst Peter Fricke, Cologne, Germany
Hörerfahrungen mit mikrotonaler Musik
Prof. Dr. Horst-Peter Hesse, Salzburg, Austria
Zum Konsonanzempfinden bei vielstimmigen Akkorden
Prof. Rolf Maedel, Salzburg, Austria
Erweiterung der traditionellen Funktionstheorie auf Mikrotonbereiche
Prof. Dr. Martin Vogel, Bonn, Germany
Ausführbare Vierteltöne
Microtones and Computer
Volker Abel / Peter Reis, Darmstadt, Germany
Mutabor II – ein computergesteuertes Musikinstrument zum Experiementieren mit Stimmungslogiken und Mikrotönen
Mag. Gerhard Klösch, Vienna, Austria
Der PC als mikrotonale Heimorgel für beliebige Tonsysteme
Microtones in the Music of the Peoples
Prof. Dr. Jobst Peter Fricke, Cologne, Germany
Die Bedeutung der Mikrointervalle im Wandel der Zeiten und Kulturen
Prof. Dr. Horst-Peter Hesse, Salzburg, Austria
Zur Oktavteilung im javanischen Slendro
Francisco Javier Sánchez González
Beyond Twelvetone-Temperament in Oriental Music
Concerts
Leopold-Mozart-Saal of the Mozarteum Academy, Mozarteum Academy Salzburg, Mirabellplatz 1, 5020 Salzburg, Austria
Microtonal Music I
Johannes Kotschy
Curriculum in ekmelischer Musik (1991) (Premiere)
- oboe, clarinet, guitar, violin, violoncello
Manfred Stahnke (*1951)
Dr. Yesterday´s seltsame Erzählungen (1989)
- violin, viola, violoncello, double-bass, piano
Eugen Wendel (*1934)
Verso per solo (1974)
- oboe solo
Franz Richter Herf (1920-1989)
Initiale No. 1 – “Wie schwache Fontänen”, op. 6 No. 1 (1976)
Initiale No. 2 – “Schweigen”, op. 6 No. 2 (1978)
- violin, 2 clarinets, guitar
Parakusis, op. 14 (1977)
- violin, clarinet, bass clarinet, guitar
Herbert Grassl (*1948)
11 segmenti (1990) (Premiere of the complete version)
- oboe, violin, viola, violoncello
- oenm . oesterreichisches ensemble für neue musik:
- Stanislaw Winiarczyk – oboe
- Gábor Lieli – A-clarinet
- Anton Gmachl – B-clarinet and bass clarinet
- Wolfgang Guttmann – guitar
- Thomas Teske – piano
- Frank Stadler – violin
- Paulius Sondeckis – violin
- Laura Kajander – viola
- Peter Martens – violoncello
- Christian Junger – double-bass
- Conductorship: Herbert Grassl
Leopold-Mozart-Saal of the Mozarteum Academy, Mozarteum Academy Salzburg, Mirabellplatz 1, 5020 Salzburg, Austria
Microtonal Music II
Franz Richter Herf (1920-1989)
Ekmelischer Satz for string quartet, op. 13 (1976)
Alberto Caprioli (*1956)
Del celeste confine, Frammento per quartetto d'archi (1985)
Ludomira Stawowy (1937-1989)
Four micro-sonatas for string quartet (1986) (Premiere)
Boguslaw Schaeffer (*1929)
V. string quartet (1986) (Premiere)
Ben Johnston (*1926)
string quartet No. 4 (1973)
Barbara Buczek
II. string quartet – “Trasgressio” (1985)
- Karol-Szymanowski-Quartett:
- Tomasz Bartosiak – 1st violin
- Izabela Ceglinska – 2nd violin
- Jolanta Bartosiak – viola
- Piotr Sobczak – violoncello
Leopold-Mozart-Saal of the Mozarteum Academy, Mozarteum Academy Salzburg, Mirabellplatz 1, 5020 Salzburg, Austria
Microtonal Music III
Ezra Sims (1928-2015)
Night Piece – In Girum Imus Nocte et Consumimur Igni (1989)
- Suellen Hershman – flute
- Katherine Matasy – clarinet
- Anne Black – viola
- Michael Curry – violoncello
- Computer-generated sounds
Flight (1989)
- Suellen Hershman – flute
- Computer-generated sounds
Franz Richter Herf (1920-1989)
Ekmelischer Gesang, op. 5 (1975)
- Cynthia Cummings – violin solo
Ezra Sims
Quintet (1987)
- Katherine Matasy – clarinet
- Cynthia Cummings – 1st violin
- Sandra Lechner Kott – 2nd violin
- Anne Black – viola
- Michael Curry – violoncello
Manfred Stahnke (*1951)
For Viola sola (1990)
- Anne Black – viola
Ezra Sims
Two for One (1980)
- Sandra Lechner Kott – violin
- Anne Black – viola
Night Piece – In Girum Imus Nocte et Consumimur Igni (1989)
- Dinosaur Annex Music Ensemble, Massachusetts
Book
Mikrotöne IV
Report including all lectures of the 4th Symposium “Mikrotöne” 1991,
edited by Horst-Peter Hesse,
published by Musikedition Nymphenburg, München, 1993, © Filmkunst-Musikverlag, München.