Thursday, June 20, 2019

June 21 - Alois Hába (The Musical Birthday Series)

Alois Hába (21 June 1893 – 18 November 1973) experimented extensively with unusual tunings and scales.










Betwixt and Between

Alois Hába,
Having grown weary
Of regular scales,
Tried microtone theory.

His microtone pieces
Are gathering dust,
Seldom performed,
But often discussed.

So Alois Hába
Is damned with faint praise
For inventing a game
That nobody plays.


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