Essential New Music: Anna Webber’s “Shimmer Wince”
When musicians who have come up through Western musical systems embrace “just intonation” (the more mathematically consistent system that was replaced by standard “equal temperament” in the 18th century), they may inject an element of cultural and/or moral critique into their work. Composer Lou Harrison, for example, held that equal temperament “destroys everything and is […] The post Essential New Music: Anna Webber’s “Shimmer Wince” » Read More
