Techniques of Polytempic Polymicrotonal Composition

No Master Clock: Peter Thoegersen, Musical Totalitarianism, and the Architecture of Freedom by Peter Thoegersen I've been reading a good deal of Emerson and Whitman recently. What I am rediscovering on these pages is the true voices of democracy; a democracy so unbridled and pure that we, as Americans, ought to feel completely ashamed today. Every goddamned page has a pro-democracy sentiment, philosophy, aphorism, and spiritual invocation. Every page is a damnation of Trump and the notion of gatekeeping in general. Every page abhors what the billionaire oligarchs have done with our country, an outgrowth of the Gilded Age that Teddy Roosevelt swore to break up, but never did, completely. Today, the wealth inequality is consolidated into the fewest hands in our American history and is destroying our country, AND our music via our academic institutions, whether we realize it or not. Today, Viktor Orbán lost in Hungary. Today, Donald Trump flails before Iran with the strategic depth o...

  Centricity Without Hierarchy Pitch Cells, Intervals, and Cents Values Across World Musical Cultures Peter Thoegersen — 2026 All traditions below organize pitch around a nuclear center without triadic hierarchy, dominant-tonic function, or voice-leading obligation. Cent values (¢) are   measured against the equal-tempered semitone (100¢) and whole tone (200¢). Region Culture / Tradition Ambitus Semitones Key Cents Values Pitch Cell Characteristic Interval Tags Description Africa San (Bushmen) Minor 3rd or less 1–3 st ~50–300¢ (variable) 2–3 pitches Neutral 2nds, microtonal inflections Microtonal, neutral intervals ...