Historical tuning

[dpitsch]

Send your performers to Salt Lake City, we have lots of pianos 1/4 tone flat.
Be no problem to fix them up with one.

Mark Graham wrote:

> Don's comments about Charles Ives' music for pianos tuned 1/4 step apart
> reminds me that John Corigliano is coming here for a week, and two
> pianists are performing a piece he wrote called "Chiaroscuro", again for
> two pianos 1/4 step apart. It's new; I think it's been performed in New
> York once, but this will be one of the first performances. I've seen the
> score but haven't yet heard the piece. It's quite interesting. Normally,
> I'm skeptical of such requests when presented by composition students, but
> Corigliano writes really interesting music, and I'm looking forward to it.
> The hard thing is finding a place for the pianists to practice! Right now
> they're doing it on two pianos tuned together, and I'm waiting for the
> signal to detune.
>
> I'll let the list know. Has anyone heard this piece?
>
> Mark Graham
> Baldwin-Wallace Conservatory of Music
> Berea, Ohio