tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post4205554934600280904..comments2024-03-29T07:38:17.008-05:00Comments on The Music Salon: Guest Post: Outline of Messiaen's Musical Language, Part 3Bryan Townsendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-48134587033813687002015-09-09T14:33:21.969-05:002015-09-09T14:33:21.969-05:00Ken, I think that your series of posts on Messiaen...Ken, I think that your series of posts on Messiaen was a great success! Looking forward to doing something similar again sometime.Bryan Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-30561170906365064992015-09-09T11:58:25.272-05:002015-09-09T11:58:25.272-05:00Thank you for the opportunity! I look forward to y...Thank you for the opportunity! I look forward to your post on Messiaen's technique from a musicological point of view...Ken F.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08296737421194767997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-61303345302903605802015-09-09T07:58:25.124-05:002015-09-09T07:58:25.124-05:00Ken, I think I would like to do a post on Messiaen...Ken, I think I would like to do a post on Messiaen's technique from a musicological rather than theoretical point of view.<br /><br />And thanks again for these three excellent discussions!Bryan Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-43691414893423568552015-09-09T07:52:17.461-05:002015-09-09T07:52:17.461-05:00I have started writing a Java app to enumerate all...I have started writing a Java app to enumerate all the modes of limited transposition (including those that Messiaen may have omitted), eventually to include non 12-tone equal temperament scales.<br /><br />Adriano Barate and Luca A. Ludovico have already created such an app, described in their paper "Generalizing Messiaen’s Modes of Limited Transposition to a n-tone Equal Temperament." I highly recommend the paper:<br /><br />http://www.ludovico.net/download/papers/SMC2015.pdf<br /><br />and the app, which is written in Javascript:<br /><br />http://www.lim.di.unimi.it/messiaen/<br /><br />It's quite impressive, given that it shows the ring-theoretical analysis graphically! It seems to use an algorithm similar to the one I use, but it is difficult to follow the code because it doesn't follow MVC (model-view-controller).Ken F.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08296737421194767997noreply@blogger.com