A History of Musical Pitch, by Seamus Cater

A History of Musical Pitch

by Seamus Cater

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This album contains three works by Seamus Cater, including his creative response to the work of Alexander John Ellis (1814-1890), who presented a paper 'The History of Musical Pitch' to the Royal Society in 1880. Ellis was a mathematician, collector, philologist and musical enthusiast, who spent a lot of time measuring the exact frequencies of contemporary and ancient musical instruments, and so is remembered as one of the founders of comparative musicology.
Two of the pieces on the disc are 're-soundings' of Ellis's research, and a tribute to his enthusiasm for alternative tuning systems (he performed at the Royal Society with his own concertinas that used experimental tuning systems). For more information, see Seamus Cater's sleevenotes at www.anothertimbre.com

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released September 22, 2023

Seamus Cater (composer)

Musicians: Koen Nutters – double bass
Seamus Cater – concertina
Germaine Sijstermans – clarinet
Anne La Berge - flute
Dante Boon – Rhodes piano
Rishin Singh - trombone
Fredrik Rasten - e-bow guitar
Peter Adriaansz, Hugo Bell, Yannis Kyriakides, Danya Pilchen – tuning forks

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