Gardner Read

A desire to cleanse the impurities besmirching traditional musical notation has long intrigued musicians, scientists, mathematicians, acousticians, and philosophers. Read presents an impressive... — Choice More…

Composers may well wish to study the entire volume, as they seek to determine which techniques will endure in compositional practice; but for most readers the book will serve as an excellent... — Choice More…

No less a figure than Igor Stravinsky observed, shortly before his death, that he believed the expansion of intonation and pitch would characterize the next stage of development in Western art... — Choice More…