The Augusto Novaro Society
Notices and Updates from our members concerning the work of Augusto Novaro.
Wednesday, July 28, 2021
A 1931 article from "El Universal" newspaper. Praising Novaro
http://www.tablada.unam.mx/poesia/disco1/31mar29m.html
Thanks to the recent post being provided by research of Angel M. Blanco
A Biography on Novaro has been published
https://libreria.unison.mx/product_info.php?products_id=26500
Much appreciated to Letica Valera Ruiz for her dedicated work in presenting this about this often overlooked composer and theorist.
Sunday, April 28, 2019
Microtonalism page with a bio of Novaro
John Chalmers has pointed out this page which includes mention of some other earlier Mexican microtonalist with a segment on Novaro os included. http://sonido13.tripod.com/microtonalismo.html
Wednesday, April 17, 2019
Novaro's instruments were looking for a home in 1980
In conversations with the Guggenheim Foundation, it was disclosed that the son had contacted the foundation to see if they would take a donation of Novaro's instruments which they were not equipped to do. UPDATE It appears that the instruments being offered were mainly strings and some pianos.
Monday, April 15, 2019
Papers on Novaro
Here are two papers on Novaro in Italian both by Luca Conti. https://www.academia.edu/38542871/Novaro and https://www.academia.edu/38507499/Artefatti_e_teoria_nel_Sistema_natural_de_la_m%C3%BAsica_1951_di_Augusto_Novaro
Tuesday, August 14, 2018
Lattice of Novaro's 23 tone scale as found in his 27-29 editions
It is interesting that the diamond or diamond-like structures would occur from different people without any contact. While Harry Partch gave us his 11 limit diamond in 1927, here Novaro provided us with his own 9 limit one. It is also worth noting that both of them inserted extra tones near the 1/1 to fill in the gap that is a common feature of diamonds and lambdomas in general.
Wednesday, July 18, 2018
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