Ezra Sims (Avant Garde Project 7, 20th century microtonal classical)

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  230 MB
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• Added:
  04/07/2006
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  2009-06-11 10:38:35
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  <pre class="nfo">The Avant Garde Project is an effort to make available some of my <br /> favorite pieces of experimental music from the late 20th century. <br /> The extremist intellectual climate of that time gave birth to some of <br /> the wildest and most challenging sound combinations that human artistry <br /> has ever conceived. The pieces selected for this project were released <br /> on LP but have never been released on CD, and so they are effectively <br /> inaccessible to the vast majority of music listeners today. Using an <br /> analog rig and pre-amplification that is near state-of-the-art, I am <br /> able to extract the sound from the grooves with almost none of the <br /> surface noise and tracking distortion normally associated with LPs. <br /> <br /> I am hoping you will find this material as fascinating and beautiful as <br /> I do. My hard disk is small, and so I am seriously limited as to how <br /> many torrents I can host at one time. If you find any value in your <br /> downloads, I ask you please to seed them yourself for as long as <br /> possible, so they will continue to be available to other people. Some <br /> or all of the earlier AGP torrents are still being seeded through the <br /> generosity of other downloaders, so check them out if you haven't <br /> already. A mininova.org search for &quot;avant garde project&quot; will direct <br /> you to them.<br /> <br /> NOTE: My computer has been acting up, so I haven't been seeding for the <br /> past few days. With any luck, it will hold up long enough to complete<br /> the first downloads of this torrent, after which others can take over <br /> the seeding. If not, please bear with me as I'm expecting a new <br /> computer within a week, and I will resume seeding then. At that point, <br /> I will also be able to resume seeding some of the first AGP torrents, <br /> for anyone who missed getting them when they were first offered. Stay <br /> tuned for further details.<br /> <br /> ==========================<br /> <br /> The seventh AGP torrent features the music of Ezra Sims, an American <br /> composer who rebelled against the tonal impurities of well-tempered <br /> tuning, and developed his own 18-note scale based on a division of the <br /> octave into 72 intervals. This heterodox scale enabled him to compose <br /> for more purely tuned intervals, as well as to explore microtonality. <br /> The tuning of these pieces takes some getting used to, but it <br /> considerably expands the range of harmonies that Sims is able to exploit. <br /> <br /> The first three pieces are written for violin alone, violin and viola, <br /> and viola alone. The spare instrumentations facilitate one's introduction <br /> to Sims' idiosyncratic tuning. The last is for a sextet of violin, <br /> viola, cello, clarinet, saxophone, and french horn. It is nominally <br /> based on Louis Armstrong's performance of St. James Infirmary. To help <br /> the listener draw whatever connections they can between the two pieces, <br /> I have included Armstrong's first recording of that piece, from <br /> December 12, 1928.<br /> <br /> These four compositions make up Northeastern Records NR 224. Other <br /> recordings of Sims' works on CD are available through www.frogpeak.org, <br /> including recordings of all of the other Sims pieces I could find in my <br /> stacks. The recorings in this torrent are listed on their website as <br /> being still available on LP, but I queried Frog Peak Music about this <br /> and was told that they have no more copies, so I am assuming they are <br /> now out of print. <br /> <br /> Equipment used for A/D conversion: Lyra Helikon phono cartridge, Linn <br /> LP12/Lingo turntable, Linn Ittok tonearm, Audioquest LeoPard tonearm <br /> cable, PS Audio PS2 preamplifier, Kimber PBJ interconnect, M-Audio <br /> Audiophile USB A/D converter. <br /> <br /> 01 - all done from memory [7:49]<br /> 02 - two for one [11:45]<br /> 03 - and as I was saying [5:27]<br /> 04 - sextet [21:47]<br /> 05 - Louis Armstrong: St. James Infirmary [3:20]<br /> <br /> NOTE: To the best of my knowledge, these recordings are currently out <br /> of print. If you know otherwise, please let me know ASAP, as I do not <br /> wish to deprive any artists of their much-deserved royalties (however <br /> paltry).</pre>
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Files

File	Size
Ezra Sims (AGP7).txt	3.8 KB
Ezra Sims notes.txt	8.4 KB
Sims 01 all done from memory.flac	39 MB
Sims 02 two for one.flac	54 MB
Sims 03 and as I was saying.flac	21 MB
Sims 04 sextet.flac	98 MB
Sims 05 Armstrong St James.flac	18 MB

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