The Diapason Press

Corpus Microtonale

Joel Mandelbaum

FOUR MINIATURES
for
archiphone
(1972–1979)

CM 4

Instrumentation:
archiphone (or scalatron)

The contemporary American composer Joel Mandelbaum exploits in his Four miniatures the very special possibilities that are inherent to the keyboard of the archiphone (an electronic 31-tone keyboard instrument). On the Fifth Rank explores the intervals and chords of tones on the fifth rank of keys on the keyboard, Triangulation triangular patterns of keys. Aural Illusion and The Beat Generation March explore further peculiarities of the archiphone, the former one with single diesis steps in a melodic context, the latter a drone with two simultaneous notes a diesis apart.

1984
ISBN n/a (paper)
1 score (16 pp.)
21 x 30 cm
€12 or US$12

Contents

Introduction by Rudolf Rasch 5
On the Fifth Rank 8
Triangulation 10
Aural Illusion 11
The Beat Generation March 12