Chris Bonds ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

>Another composer who worked in this area was the Mexican J.  Carrillo
>(sp?); some other Americans like Lou Harrison and Henry Cowell worked
>with microtones as well but not exclusively.  Gotta go!

Not in the microtonal - BTW there are always the quarter-tone studies
for two pianos by Ives and IIRC one of the two pianos in his 4th symphony
is tuned at a quarter tone - but in the area of tunings, LaMonte Young's
monumental Well Tuned Piano, which lasts, in the composer's own performance
and recording around 5 1/4 hours.  According to the notes it took something
like two weeks to prepare the piano before the recording.

OOP now I suspect, but you may find a copy in a library.

Deryk Barker
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