Johnny Reinhard
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Johnny Reinhardis a microtonal
composer, bassoon
ist and conductor. He employs many avant-garde
techniques in his bassoon performance such as glissando
and multiphonics, as well as using just intonation
and other microtonal tuning systems. He studied at the Manhattan School of Music and at Columbia. He taught at New York University. Notable compositions by Reinhard include "Dune" (1990), "Cosmic rays" (1995), "Middle-Earth" (1999), "Talibanned Buddhas" (2000), and "Semantics of tone" (2007). He reconstructed and performed Charles Ives
' "Universe symphony" in 1996.
He is a member of Trio on the Cuff, the world's only bassoon (Reinhard), didgeridoo
(Ulrich Krieger
), and miscellaneous percussion
(Yoshiaki Ochi
) trio.
Microtonal music
Microtonal music is music using microtones—intervals of less than an equally spaced semitone. Microtonal music can also refer to music which uses intervals not found in the Western system of 12 equal intervals to the octave.-Terminology:...
composer, bassoon
Bassoon
The bassoon is a woodwind instrument in the double reed family that typically plays music written in the bass and tenor registers, and occasionally higher. Appearing in its modern form in the 19th century, the bassoon figures prominently in orchestral, concert band and chamber music literature...
ist and conductor. He employs many avant-garde
Avant-garde
Avant-garde means "advance guard" or "vanguard". The adjective form is used in English to refer to people or works that are experimental or innovative, particularly with respect to art, culture, and politics....
techniques in his bassoon performance such as glissando
Glissando
In music, a glissando is a glide from one pitch to another. It is an Italianized musical term derived from the French glisser, to glide. In some contexts it is distinguished from the continuous portamento...
and multiphonics, as well as using just intonation
Just intonation
In music, just intonation is any musical tuning in which the frequencies of notes are related by ratios of small whole numbers. Any interval tuned in this way is called a just interval. The two notes in any just interval are members of the same harmonic series...
and other microtonal tuning systems. He studied at the Manhattan School of Music and at Columbia. He taught at New York University. Notable compositions by Reinhard include "Dune" (1990), "Cosmic rays" (1995), "Middle-Earth" (1999), "Talibanned Buddhas" (2000), and "Semantics of tone" (2007). He reconstructed and performed Charles Ives
Charles Ives
Charles Edward Ives was an American modernist composer. He is one of the first American composers of international renown, though Ives' music was largely ignored during his life, and many of his works went unperformed for many years. Over time, Ives came to be regarded as an "American Original"...
' "Universe symphony" in 1996.
He is a member of Trio on the Cuff, the world's only bassoon (Reinhard), didgeridoo
Didgeridoo
The didgeridoo is a wind instrument developed by Indigenous Australians of northern Australia around 1,500 years ago and still in widespread usage today both in Australia and around the world. It is sometimes described as a natural wooden trumpet or "drone pipe"...
(Ulrich Krieger
Ulrich Krieger
Ulrich Krieger is a German contemporary composer, performer, improviser and experimental rock musician based in Los Angeles....
), and miscellaneous percussion
Percussion instrument
A percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...
(Yoshiaki Ochi
Yoshiaki Ochi
is a Japanese composer and percussionist. He frequently works with natural sounds, using water, wood, or stone as musical instruments.He has performed with his brother Yoshihisa Ochi as the Ochi Brothers, as well as with the American microtonal bassoonist Johnny Reinhard. He is a member of the...
) trio.