TY - BOOK AU - Johnston,Ben AU - Gilmore,Bob TI - "Maximum clarity" and other writings on music /Ben Johnston ; edited by Bob Gilmore T2 - Music in American life SN - 9780252091575 AV - ML410 .M395 2006 PY - 2006/// CY - Urbana PB - University of Illinois Press KW - Johnston, Ben KW - Music KW - History and criticism KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; Front cover --; Title Page --; Copyright Page --; Table of Contents --; Editor's Achnowledgments --; Introduction --; Ben Johnston: A Chronology --; I. ON MUSIC THEORY --; Aesthetic Theory; Philosophical Background for Mathematical Theory; Musical Background for Application of Mathematical Theory 1959-60 --; Scalar Order as a Compositional Resource --; Proportionality and Expanded Musical Pitch Relations --; Microtonal Resources --; Tonality Regained --; Music Theory --; Rational Structure in Music --; A Notation System for Extended Just Intonation; II. ON MUSICAL AESTHETICS AND CULTUREMusical Intelligibiliity: Where Are We? --; A Talk on Contemporary Music --; Festivals and New Music --; Three Attacks on a Problem --; On Context --; Contribution to IMC Panel --; How to Cook an Albatross --; Art and Survival --; On Bridge-Building --; Seventeen Items --; Art and Religion --; Extended Just Intonation: A Position Paper --; A.S.U.C. Keynote Address --; Just Intonation and Mere Intonation --; Without Improvement --; Maximum Clarity --; III. SOME COMPOSITIONS --; On String Quartet numbers 2; On Sonata for Microtonal PianoThe Genesis of Knocking Piece --; Quintet for Groups: A Reminiscence --; On Carmilla --; On Crossings (String Quartet numbers 3 and String Quartet numbers 4) --; On the Age of Surveillance --; On String Quartet numbers 5 --; On String Quartet numbers 6 --; On Journeys --; On Sleep and Waking --; IV. ON OTHER COMPOSERS --; Letter from Urbana --; To Perspectives of New Music Re. John Cage --; The Corporealism of Harry Partch --; Harry Partch/John Cage --; Harry Partch's Cloud-Chamber Music --; Beyond Harry Partch --; Regarding La Monte Young; Notes on SourcesBibliography --; Discography --; Index --; back cover; 2; b UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=569829&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -