Posted on 05/03/07
Composer finds new notes at 80
John Beckwith, who turns 80 on March 9, recently started writing music for microtonal piano. You probably haven't seen one of these rare instruments, which look much like any ordinary piano, but which divide the octave into 96 tones.
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