Editing Microtonality (section)

==In the West==
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===Western microtonal pioneers===
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* [[Henry Ward Poole]] (keyboard designs, 1825–1890)
* [[Eugène Ysaÿe]] (Belgium, U.S.A., 1858–1931, used quarter tones in several of the [[Six Sonatas for solo violin (Ysaÿe)|Sonatas for Solo Violin, Op. 27]])
* [[Ferruccio Busoni]] (Italy, Germany, 1866–1924). Experimented with microtones, including third tones.
* [[Charles Ives]] (U.S.A., 1874–1954, quarter tones)
* [[Julián Carrillo]] (Mexico, 1875–1965) many different equal temperaments, look [https://web.archive.org/web/20060901232520/http://paginas.tol.itesm.mx/campus/L00280370/carrillo.html here] or [https://web.archive.org/web/20060613054645/http://paginas.tol.itesm.mx/campus/L00280370/julian.html here] (mostly Spanish but some English too)
* [[Béla Bartók]] (Hungary, 1881–1945, rare uses of quarter tones)
* [[George Enescu]] (Romania, France, 1881–1955) (in ''[[Œdipe (opera)|Œdipe]]'' to suggest the [[enharmonic genus]] of [[ancient Greek music]], and in the Third Violin Sonata, as inflections characteristic of Romanian folk music)
* [[Karol Szymanowski]] (Poland, 1882–1937, used quarter tones on the violin in ''[[Myths (Szymanowski)|Myths]]'' Op. 30, 1915)
* [[Percy Grainger]] (Australia, 1882–1961, particularly works for his "free music machine")
* [[Edgard Varèse]] (France, U.S.A., 1883–1965)
* [[Mordecai Sandberg]] (Romania, Austria, Palestine, USA, Canada, 1897–1973)
* [[Luigi Russolo]] (Italy, 1885–1947, used quarter tones and eighth tones on the ''Intonarumori'', noise instruments)
* [[Mildred Couper]] (U.S.A., 1887–1974, quarter tones)
* [[Alois Hába]] (Czechoslovakia, 1893–1973, quarter tones and other equal temperaments)
* [[Ivan Wyschnegradsky]] (U.S.S.R. (Russia), France, 1893–1979, quarter tones, twelfth tones and other equal temperaments)
* [[Harry Partch]] (U.S.A., 1901–1974, just intonation, including a system of [[Harry Partch's 43-tone scale|43 unequal tones to the octave]])
* [[Eivind Groven]] (Norway, 1901–1977, 53ET)
* [[Henk Badings]] (The Netherlands, 1907–1987, 31ET)
* [[Maurice Ohana]] (France, 1913–1992, third tones (18ET) and quarter tones (24ET) most particularly)
* [[Giacinto Scelsi]] (Italy, 1905–1988, intuitive linear tone deviations, quarter tones, eighth tones)
* [[Lou Harrison]] (U.S.A., 1917–2003, just intonation)
* [[Ivor Darreg]] (U.S.A., 1917–1994)
* [[Jean-Etienne Marie]] (France, 1919–1989, many different equal temperaments: 18ET, 24ET, 30ET, 36ET, 48ET, 96ET most particularly and polymicrotonality)
* {{ill|Franz Richter Herf|de||nl}} (Austria, 1920–1989, 72-equal temperament, "ekmelic" music)
* [[Iannis Xenakis]] (Greece, France, 1922–2001, quarter and third tones most particularly, occasionally eighth tones)
* [[György Ligeti]] (Hungary, 1923–2006, ''[[Ramifications (Ligeti)|Ramifications]]'' in quarter tone tuning, natural harmonics in his Horn Trio, later just intonation in his solo concertos)
* [[Luigi Nono (composer)|Luigi Nono]] (Italy, 1924–1990, quarter tones, eighth tones and 16th tones)
* [[Claude Ballif]] (France, 1924–2004, quarter tones)
* [[Tui St. George Tucker]] (1924–2004)
* [[Pierre Boulez]] (France, 1925–2016) (first example of [[serial music]] with quarter tones in his pieces ''[[Le Visage nuptial]]'' and ''[[Polyphonie X]]'', but soon after abandoning microtonal elements)
* [[Karlheinz Stockhausen]] (Germany, 1928–2007, used and explored in his electronic works many microtonal concepts, non-octaving scales in ''Studie II'', just intonation in ''[[Gruppen (Stockhausen)|Gruppen]]'' and ''[[Stimmung]]'', occasional microtonal instrumental and vocal writing throughout ''[[Licht]]'')
* [[Ben Johnston (composer)|Ben Johnston]] (U.S.A., 1926–2019, extended just intonation)
* [[Joe Maneri]] (U.S.A., 1927–2009)
* [[Ezra Sims]] (U.S.A., 1928–2015, 72-tone equal temperament)
* [[Erv Wilson]] (1928–2016)
* [[Carlton Gamer]] (U.S.A, 1929–2023, 7-tone, 19-tone, 22-tone, 31-tone equal temperament)
* [[Alvin Lucier]] (U.S.A., b. 1931)
* [[Joel Mandelbaum]] (U.S.A., b. 1932)
* [[Krzysztof Penderecki]] (Poland, 1933–2020, quarter tones)
* [[Easley Blackwood, Jr.|Easley Blackwood]] (1933–2023)
* [[Alain Bancquart]] (France, b. 1934) (quarter tones and 16th tones)
* [[James Tenney]] (U.S.A., 1934–2006, just intonation, 72-tone equal temperament)
* [[Terry Riley]] (U.S.A., b. 1935, just intonation)
* [[La Monte Young]] (U.S.A., b. 1935, just intonation)
* [[John Corigliano]] (U.S.A., b. 1938, quarter tones)
* [[Douglas Leedy]] (b. 1938, just intonation, meantone)
* [[Wendy Carlos]] (U.S.A., b. 1939, non-octaving scales)
* [[Bruce Mather]] (Canada, b. 1939, different equal temperaments, following Wyschnegradsky)
* [[Brian Ferneyhough]] (Great Britain, b. 1943, quarter tones, 31ET in ''Unity Capsule'' for solo flute, 1976; quarter tones and eighth tones in ''La Chute d'Icare'', 1988)
* [[Jukka Tiensuu]] (Finland, b. 1948, quarter tones, non equal temperament tunings)
* [[Mathius Shadow-Sky]] (France, b. 1961, introduces acyclic nonoctave scales in 1980) <ref>the 1st shadow-sky tonal nonoctave scales are available for the sampler Kontakt: https://www.native-instruments.com/fileadmin/userlib/legacy/userlib_kontakt/1355701044_File_12389_53.shadow-.zip</ref>
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===Modern Western microtonal composers===
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* [[Clarence Barlow]] (1945–2023)
* [[Gérard Grisey]] (1946–1998) (spectral approach to microintervals, quarter tones, eighth tones)
* [[Max Méreaux]] (b. 1946)
* [[Michael Tilson Thomas|Michael Tilson Thomas (MTT) (b.1944)]]
* [[Tristan Murail]] (b. 1947) (spectral approach to microintervals, quarter tones, eighth tones)
* [[Glenn Branca]] (b. 1948)
* [[Elizabeth Brown (composer and performer)|Elizabeth Brown]] (b. 1953)
* [[Claude Vivier]] (1948–1983)
* [[Dean Drummond]] (1949–2013)
* [[Greg Schiemer]] (b. 1949)
* [[Lasse Thoresen]] (b. 1949)
* [[Warren Burt]] (b. 1949)
* [[Manfred Stahnke]] (b. 1951)
* [[James Erber]] (b. 1951) (quarter tones)
* [[Rhys Chatham]] (b. 1952)
* [[Kraig Grady]] (b. 1952) (invented acoustic instruments in just intonation & recurrent sequences)
* [[David First]] (b. 1953)
* [[Georg Friedrich Haas]] (b. 1953)
* [[James Wood (composer)|James Wood]] (b. 1953)
* [[Pascale Criton]] (b. 1954) (different equal temperaments, most particularly very dense ETs such as the 96ET)
* [[Paul Dirmeikis]] (b. 1954)
* [[Stephen James Taylor]] (b. 1954)
* [[Pascal Dusapin]] (b. 1955) (different equal temperaments, notably the 48ET)
* [[Kyle Gann]] (b. 1955)
* [[Johnny Reinhard]] (b. 1956) (different equal temperaments, just intonation, polymicrotonally)
* [[Dave Soldier]] (b. 1956)
* [[Eric Mandat]] (b. 1957)
* [[Erling Wold]] (b. 1958)
* [[Michael Bach (cellist, composer, visual artist)|Michael Bach Bachtischa]] (b. 1958)
* [[Lucio Garau]] (b. 1959)
* [[Michael Harrison (musician)|Michael Harrison]] (b. 1959) (just intonation)
* [[Martin Smolka]] (b. 1959)
* [[Richard Barrett (composer)|Richard Barrett]] (b. 1959)
* [[Georg Hajdu]] (b. 1960)
* [[William Susman]] (b. 1960)
* [[François Paris]] (b. 1961)
* [[Franklin Cox]] (b. 1961) (quarter tones, twelfth tones, extended just intonation)
* [[Daniel James Wolf]] (b. 1961)
* [[Claus-Steffen Mahnkopf]] (b. 1962) (quarter tones, eight tones)
* [[Harold Fortuin]] (b. 1964)
* [[Marc Sabat]] (b. 1965) (extended JI up to 23-limit)
* [[Georges Lentz]] (b. 1965)
* [[Jeffrey Ching]] (b. 1965) (quarter tones, ancient Chinese tunings, e.g. circle-of-fifths and just intonation)
* [[Geoff Smith (British musician)|Geoff Smith]] (b. 1966)
* [[Peter Thoegersen]] (b. 1967) (Polymicrotonality)
* [[Trey Spruance]] (b. 1969)
* [[Elaine Walker (composer)|Elaine Walker]] (b. 1969)
* [[Richard David James]], aka Aphex Twin (b. 1971)
* [[Paweł Mykietyn]] (b. 1971)
* [[Yitzhak Yedid]] (b. 1971)
* [[Fabio Costa (composer, conductor)]] (b. 1971)
* [[Sander Germanus]] (b. 1972)
* [[Yuri Landman]] (b. 1973)
* [[Kristoffer Zegers]] (b. 1973)
* [[Karola Obermueller]] (b. 1977)
* [[Martin Suckling]] (b. 1981)
* [[Saman Samadi]] (b. 1984)
* [[Taylor Brook]] (b. 1985)
* [[Michael Waller]] (b. 1985)
* [[Mick Gordon (composer)|Mick Gordon]] (b. 1985)<ref>Microtonal composition for [[Atomic Heart]]: https://twitter.com/Mick_Gordon/status/1627845703505711105</ref>
* [[Sean Archibald]], aka Sevish, (b. 1988)
*[[Seppe Gebruers]] (b. 1990)<ref name="playingwithstandards.com">the quartertone pianos: http://www.playingwithstandards.com</ref>
* [[Robin Haigh]] (b. 1993)
* [[Jacob Collier]] (b. 1994)
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=== Western microtonal researchers ===
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* [[Mordecai Sandberg]] (1897–1973)
* [[Christiaan Huygens]] (1629–1695)
* [[Julián Carrillo]] (1875–1965)
* [[Adriaan Daniël Fokker]] (1887–1972)
* [[Ivan Wyschnegradsky]] (1893–1979)
* [[Joseph Yasser]] (1893–1981)
* [[Alois Hába]] (1893–1973)
* [[Harry Partch]] (1901–1974)
* [[Alain Daniélou]] (1907–1994)
* [[Jean-Etienne Marie]] (1917–1989)
* [[Erv Wilson]] (1928–2016)
* [[Carlton Gamer]] (1929-2023)
* [[Joel Mandelbaum]] (b. 1932)
* [[James Tenney]] (1934–2006)
*[[Seppe Gebruers]] (b. 1990)<ref name="playingwithstandards.com"/>
* [[Tom Zé]] (b. 1936)
* [[Clarence Barlow]] (1945–2023)
* [[Valeri Brainin]] (b. 1948)
* [[Jacques Dudon]] (b. 1951)
* [[William Sethares]] (b. 1955)
* [[Georg Hajdu]] (b. 1960)
* [[Bob Gilmore]] (1961–2015)
* [[Marc Sabat]] (b. 1965)
* [[Mathius Shadow-Sky]] (b. 1961) <ref>the nonoctave polyscalar music theory published online: http://centrebombe.org/dansleciel,lebruitdel'ombre.html#nonoctave</ref>
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