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Artist: Julián Carrillo
Carrillo studied at the National Conservatory in Mexico City and also at the Conservatories in Ghent and Leipzig. Early in his career Carrillo developed an interest in fractional intervals, calling the first 2-octave harmonic on the violin's 4th string sonido 13. Reaching beyond quarter-tone limitations, he developed special instruments to play... [+] Read More
Artist: Erik Marchand
Erik Marchand, formerly of the group Gwerz, is a powerful singer of Breton songs. His trio came into being when accompanist Thierry Robin discovered that the oud, or Middle Eastern lute, could reproduce the unusual intervals of traditional Breton vocal music. Soon, the duo had recruited Hameed Khan, a tabla player, to round out their... [+] Read More
Artist: ZOEgirl
The Christian music trio Zoegirl is highly regarded for their sweet harmonies laced with dance inflections and charismatic performances. Alisa Girard, Chrissy Conway, and Kristin Swinford formed in the late '90s, quickly receiving buzz from the press and playing shows with Carman. Signed to Sparrow Records, Zoegirl released an eponymous debut in... [+] Read More
Artist: George Kelly
Songwriter and slide guitarist George Kelly was born in Worcester, MA, on October 16, 1955. A veteran of many bands over the years, he has made his home in the Detroit area since 1995. His debut album, Lucid Intervals, was released in 2003, and features a mix of blues, jazz, funk, and soul influences to go along with some sharp songwriting,... [+] Read More
Artist: Giorgio Anselmi
Giorgio Anselmi (Master?) was not only a student of astrology but medicine, astronomy and music. His most famous treatise on music was "De musica" which included information on the harmonies of the heavens, instruments and songs. Anselmi's writings referencing instruments contained ideas on half-tones, and clear insights into the mathematical... [+] Read More
Artist: James P. Carrell
An American composer and compiler who was instrumental in the development of shape-note hymnody. Notes were written with different shapes for each interval (doh, re, mi, fah, sol, lah, ti) in any given key. An example might be a square shape for doh (in any key) and a triangle for sol in the respective key. "Virginia Harmony" (Carrell and... [+] Read More
Artist: Charles Coleman
An English singer, composer and instrumentalist who sang in the masque "Cupid's Banishment", served in the court of Jame's I and performed in a number of other masques. Coleman took the Doctorate in Music from Cambridge and composed a number of songs. The character of his songs tend towards modernity with a use of different musical relationships... [+] Read More
Artist: Charles Dollé
Highly influenced by Italian music this composer, violist and teacher maintained a French flavor in his music with the continued use of ornamentation. Dolle's compositions included sonatas, trios, duets and pieces primarily for the viol and bass viol. The Italian manner of his compositions included extended reaches between intervals, rhythms... [+] Read More
Artist: Giovanni Battista Conforti
This Italian composer, theorist and singer was primarily known for his singing abilities and theoretical elaborations. His primary theoretical work discusses the conventions employed by the musicians of his day with a description of common intervals, cadences and ornamentation. Conforti clearly indicated adjustments that can be made by different... [+] Read More
Artist: Stanislav Biniki
Biniîki studied at Belgrade and also worked with Rheinberger on composition in Munich. He co-founded the Serbian School of Music and, conducting The Belgrade Military Orchestra and The Stankovic Choir, he introduced Beethoven's Ninth Symphony and Haydn's Creation to Belgrade. The majority of his compositions are theatrical, including many... [+] Read More
Artist: Jacques Charpentier
Charpentier studied Hindu music in Bombay and Calcutta in 1953-4 and later attended the Paris Conservatoire, studying with Aubin and Messiaen. His music is a combination of these influences. Most of his works are based on the Carnatic modes, those that contain all of the possible seven note scales using intervals of one, two or three semi-tones.... [+] Read More
Artist: Christopher Simpson
As an English violist and theoretician Simpson was important for his work entitled "The Division-violist" and "Practical Musick." He was an excellent teacher and skilled performer. Compositions by Simpson for the viola included suites, divisions and fantasias which were set for both solo instrument and consort alike. The "Division" includes... [+] Read More
Artist: Blondel de Nesle
A French trouvere (or pre-troubadour) may have been one of the legendary figures who aided the escape of King Richard the Lionheart (though this is somewhat speculative). A number of Blondel's pieces were used as models for other songs (i.e.
"Quant je plus sui" was used as a guide for four other chansons and "Li plus se plaint" was used as a... [+] Read More
Artist: André Caplet
Caplet studied at the Paris Conservatoire and received the Prix de Rome in 1901 for his cantata Myrrha. He gained a reputation as a fine conductor and served in that post at the Boston Opera from 1910-14. He volunteered for service in the war in 1914. After being gassed, he was forced to give up his conducting responsibilities and concentrated... [+] Read More
Artist: Autoliner
Another in a long line of projects for vocalist/guitarist/keyboardist Brian Leach, the power pop trio Autoliner follows his stints in the Last Gentlemen and Sugarbuzz, plus his debut solo album. Accompanied by bassist John Ross (also formerly of Monica's Interval and Vivian Section) and drummer Tom Curless, Leach attempted to recreate the... [+] Read More
Artist: Anthoine de Bertrand
Bertrand was a French composer who served in Fontanges, Auvergne, and Toulouse and later in life converted to the Jesuit tradition. (It was thought that he died the life of a martyr having been assassinated by Protestants who objected to his sacred music.) A large corpus of Bertrand's compositions are extant and indicate the extent of his... [+] Read More
Artist: Maurice Ohana
Maurice Ohana was a gifted composer and pianist, who, after studying architecture and piano in Paris, left France for Barcelona to concentrate on his piano study. He then began touring Spain and England as a concert pianist. In 1937 he attended The Schola Cantorum to study counterpoint and pursue an interest in composition. He spent WWII in the... [+] Read More
Artist: Booker Little
The first trumpeter emerging after Clifford Brown's death to gain his own sound, Booker Little had a tremendous amount of potential before his premature death. He began on trumpet when he was 12 and played with Johnny Griffin and the MJT + 3 while attending the Chicago Conservatory. Little was with Max Roach (1958-1959) and then freelanced in... [+] Read More
Artist: Guillaume Costeley
The main genre of Costeley's music was the chanson. He was probably the first composer, however, to employ the use of the term "air" to his chansons. The term applied to musical themes repeated and only slightly varied from stanza to stanza of various poems set to music, but, the rhythms were consistent throughout. Costeley was familair with and... [+] Read More
Artist: David Kellner
Kellner's major contribution to the musical corpus was "Truelicher Unterricht im General-Bass" published in 1732. The treatise was quite popular and went into editions as late as 1796 having been translated into Swedish and Dutch. His explanations were succinct and less than one hundred pages. He discussed important thoroughbass compositions by... [+] Read More
