ON THE ART AND SCIENCE OF ACOUSTIC INSTRUMENTS
© 2000–2025 Cris Forster
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Chapter 10
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Winnington-Ingram, R.P. (1936). Mode in Ancient Greek Music. Cambridge University Press, London, England.
Winnington-Ingram, R.P. (1954). “Greek Music (Ancient).” In Grove’s Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Volume 3, 5th ed., E. Blom, Editor. St. Martin’s Press, Inc., New York, 1970.
Zarlino, R.M.G. (1571). Dimostrationi harmoniche. Facsimile Edition, The Gregg Press Incorporated, Ridgewood, New Jersey, 1966.
Zarlino, R.M.G. (1573). Istitutioni harmoniche. Facsimile Edition, The Gregg Press Limited, Farnborough, Hants., England, 1966.
Chapters 11
Chinese Music
Apel, W., Editor (1944). Harvard Dictionary of Music, 2nd ed. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1972.
Gulik, R.H., Translator (1941). Poetical Essay on the Lute, by Hsi K’ang. In Gulik’s Hsi K’ang and His Poetical Essay on the Lute, Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan.
Kaufmann, W. (1967). Musical Notations of the Orient. Indiana University Press, Bloomington, Indiana.
Kaufmann, W. (1976). Musical References in the Chinese Classics. Detroit Monographs in Musicology, Detroit, Michigan.
Kuttner, F.A. (1965). A musicological interpretation of the twelve lüs in China’s traditional tone system. Journal of the Society for Ethnomusicology IX, No. 1, pp. 22–38.
Lieberman, F., Translator (1977). The Mei-an Ch’in-p’u, by Hsü Li-sun. In Lieberman’s The Chinese Long Zither Ch’in: A Study Based on the Mei-an Ch’in-p’u. Ph.D. dissertation printed and distributed by University Microfilms, Inc., Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Lieberman, F., Translator (1983). The Mei-an Ch’in-p’u, by Hsü Li-sun. In Lieberman’s A Chinese Zither Tutor. University of Washington Press, Seattle, Washington.
Lui, T. (1968). A short guide to ch’in. Selected Reports I, No. 2, pp. 180–201. Publication of the Institute of Ethnomusicology of the University of California at Los Angeles.
Needham, J. (1962). Science and Civilization in China, Volume 4, Part I. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England.
Reinhard, K. (1956). Chinesische Musik, 2nd ed. Im Erich Röth-Verlag, Kassel, Germany.
Robinson, K. (1980). A Critical Study of Chu Tsai-yü’s Contribution to the Theory of Equal Temperament in Chinese Music. Franz Steiner Verlag GmbH, Wiesbaden, Germany.
Sachs, C. (1940). The History of Musical Instruments. W. W. Norton Company, Inc., New York.
Sadie, S., Editor (1980). The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Macmillan Publishers Limited, London, England, 1995.
Wang, K. (1956). Chung-kuo yin yueh shih. Taipei, Formosa: Chung hua shu chu.
Wang, L., and Needham, J. (1955). Horner’s Method in Chinese Mathematics: Its origins in the root-extraction procedures of the Han Dynasty. T’oung Pao Archives XLIII, No. 5, pp. 345–401. Leiden, Netherlands.
Indonesian Music
Apel, W., Editor (1944). Harvard Dictionary of Music, 2nd ed. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1972.
Blom, E., Editor (1954). Grove’s Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 5th ed. St. Martin’s Press, Inc., New York, 1970.
Hood, M. (1954). The Nuclear Theme as a Determinant of Patet in Javanese Music. Da Capo Press, Inc., New York, 1977.
Hood, M. (1966). Sléndro and pélog redefined. Selected Reports I, No. 1, pp. 28–48. Publication of the Institute of Ethnomusicology of the University of California at Los Angeles.
Lentz, D.A. (1965). The Gamelan Music of Java and Bali. University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, Nebraska.
Martopangrawit, R.L. (1972). Catatan-Catatan Pengetahuan Karawitan [Notes on Knowledge of Gamelan Music], translated by M.F. Hatch. In Karawitan, Volume 1, J. Becker and A.H. Feinstein, Editors. Center for South and Southeast Asian Studies, The University of Michigan, 1984.
McDermott, V., and Sumarsam (1975). Central Javanese music: The patet of laras sléndro and the gendèr barung. Journal of the Society for Ethnomusicology XIX, No. 2, pp. 233–244.
McPhee, C. (1966). Music in Bali: A Study in Form and Instrumental Organization in Balinese Orchestral Music. Yale University Press, New Haven, Connecticut.
Ornstein, R.S. (1971). Gamelan Gong Kebjar: The Development of a Balinese Musical Tradition. Ph.D. dissertation printed and distributed by University Microfilms, Inc., Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Poerbapangrawit, R.M.K. (1955). Gendhing Jawa [Javanese Gamelan Music], translated by J. Becker. In Karawitan, Volume 1, J. Becker and A.H. Feinstein, Editors. Center for South and Southeast Asian Studies, The University of Michigan, 1984.
Rai, I, W. (1996). Balinese Gamelan Semar Pagulingan Saih Pitu: The Modal System. Ph.D. dissertation printed and distributed by University Microfilms, Inc., Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Randel, D.M., Editor (1986). The New Harvard Dictionary of Music, 6th ed. The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1993.
Sadie, S., Editor (1984). The New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments. Macmillan Press Limited, London, England.
Schaareman, D., Editor (1992). Balinese Music in Context: A Sixty-fifth Birthday Tribute to Hans Oesch. Amadeus Verlag, Winterthur, Switzerland.
Sindoesawarno, K. (1955). Ilmu Karawitan [Knowledge About Gamelan Music], translated by M.F. Hatch. In Karawitan, Volume 2, J. Becker and A.H. Feinstein, Editors. Center for South and Southeast Asian Studies, The University of Michigan, 1987.
Sumarsam (1975). Gendèr barung, its technique and function in the context of Javanese gamelan. Indonesia 20, pp. 161–172.
Sumarsam (1992). Gamelan: Cultural Interaction and Musical Development in Central Java. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois, 1995.
Surjodiningrat, W., Sudarjana, P.J., and Susanto, A. (1972). Tone Measurements of Outstanding Javanese Gamelans in Jogjakarta and Surakarta, 2nd ed. Gadjah Mada University Press, Jogjakarta, Indonesia.
Tenzer, M. (2000). Gamelan Gong Kebyar: The Art of Twentieth-Century Balinese Music. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois.
Toth, A.F. (1975). The Gamelan Luang of Tangkas, Bali. Selected Reports II, No. 2, pp. 65–79. Publication of the Institute of Ethnomusicology of the University of California at Los Angeles.
Toth, A.F. (1993). “Selera Yang Selaras: Pepatutan Gong Ditinjau Dari Segi Akustika dan Estetika.” Mudra: Jurnal Seni Budaya, pp. 92–117. Edisi Khusus.
Indian Music
Aiyar, M.S.R., Translator (1932). Svaramelakalanidhi, by Ramamatya. The Annamalai University, India.
Ayyar, C.S. (1939). The Grammar of South Indian (Karnatic) Music. Smt. Vidya Shankar, Madras, India, 1976.
Bhandarkar, R.S.P.R. (1912). Contribution to the study of ancient Hindu music. The Indian Antiquary XLI, pp. 157–164, pp. 185–195, pp. 254–265.
Bhandarkar, R.S.P.R. (1913–1914). Kudimiyamalai inscription on music. Epigraphia Indica XII, No. 28, pp. 226–237.
Bhatkhande, V.N. (1930). A Comparative Study of Some of the Leading Music Systems of the 15th, 16th, 17th, and 18th Centuries. Indian Musicological Society, Baroda, India, 1972.
Bhise, U.R., Translator (1986). Naradiya Siksa, by Narada. Bhandarkar Institute Press, Poona, India.
Coomaraswamy, A.K. (1930). The parts of a vina. Journal of the American Oriental Society 50, No. 3, pp. 244–253.
Gangoly, O.C. (1935). Ragas and Raginis. Nalanda Publications, Bombay, India, 1948.
Ghosh, M., Translator (Vol. 1, Ch. 1–27, 1950; Vol. 2, Ch. 28–36, 1961). The Natyasastra, by Bharata. Bibliotheca Indica, The Asiatic Society, Calcutta, India.
Iyer, T.L.V. (1940). The scheme of 72 melas in Carnatic Music. The Journal of the Music Academy XI, Parts I–IV, pp. 80–86, Madras, India.
Jairazbhoy, N.A. (1971). The Rags of North Indian Music. Wesleyan University Press, Middletown, Connecticut.
Jairazbhoy, N.A. (1975). An interpretation of the 22 srutis. Asian Music VI, Nos. 1–2, pp. 38–59.
Junius, M.M. (1974). The Sitar. Heinrichshofen’s Verlag, Wilhelmshaven, Germany.
Kaufmann, W. (1968). The Ragas of North India. Indiana University Press, Bloomington, Indiana.
Kaufmann, W. (1976). The Ragas of South India. Indiana University Press, Bloomington, Indiana.
Krishnaswamy, A. (1981). Melakarta and Janya Raga Chart. Sakthi Priya Publication, Madras, India.
Lath, M., Translator (1978). A Study of Dattilam: A Treatise on the Sacred Music of Ancient India. Impex India, New Delhi, India.
Marcotty, T. (1974). Djovari: Giving Life to the Sitar. This essay on how to make a parabolic sitar bridge is in The Sitar, by Manfred M. Junius. Heinrichshofen’s Verlag, Wilhelmshaven, Germany.
Nijenhuis, E.W., Translator (1970). Dattilam: A Compendium of Ancient Indian Music. E. J. Brill, Leiden, Netherlands.
Powers, H.S. (1958). The Background of the South Indian Raga-System. Ph.D. dissertation printed and distributed by University Microfilms, Inc., Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Ramachandran, K.V. (1938). The melakarta — a critique. The Journal of the Music Academy IX, Parts I–IV, pp. 31–33, Madras, India.
Ramachandran, K.V. (1950). Carnatic ragas from a new angle — Sankarabharana. The Journal of the Music Academy XXI, Parts I–IV, pp. 88–99, Madras, India.
Ramachandran, K.V. (1950). Carnatic ragas and the textual tradition. The Journal of the Music Academy XXI, Parts I–IV, pp. 99–106, Madras, India.
Ramachandran, K.V. (1950). Apurva ragas of Tyagaraja’s songs. The Journal of the Music Academy XXI, Parts I–IV, pp. 107–109, Madras, India.
Ramachandran, N.S. (1938). The Ragas of Karnatic Music. University of Madras, Madras, India.
Rao, T.V.S. (1945 and 1946). The ragas of the Sangita Saramrita. The Journal of the Music Academy XVI, Parts I–IV, pp. 45–64, and XVII, Parts I–IV, pp. 104–134, Madras, India.
Rowell, L. (1981). Early Indian musical speculation and the theory of melody. Journal of Music Theory 25.2, pp. 217–244.
Roy, H.L. (1937). Problems of Hindustani Music. Bharati Bhavan, Calcutta, India.
Sachs, C. (1940). The History of Musical Instruments. W. W. Norton Company, Inc., New York.
Sadie, S., Editor (1980). The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Macmillan Publishers Limited, London, England, 1995.
Sadie, S., Editor (1984). The New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments. Macmillan Press Limited, London, England.
Sambamoorthy, P. (1960). History of Indian Music. The Indian Music Publishing House, Madras, India.
Sambamoorthy, P. (Vol. 1, A–F, 1952; Vol. 2, G–K, 1959; Vol. 3, L–N, 1971). A Dictionary of South Indian Music and Musicians. The Indian Music Publishing House, Madras, India.
Sastri, S.S. (1931). Venkatamakhi and his twelve notes. The Journal of the Music Academy II, No. 1, pp. 22–23, Madras, India.
Sathyanarayana, R., Editor (1957). Kudimiyamalai Inscription on Music. Sri Varalakshmi Academies of Fine Arts, Parimala Press, Mysore, India.
Shankar, R. (1968). My Music, My Life. Simon and Schuster, New York, New York.
Sharma, P.L., Editor and Translator (Vol. 1, Ch. 1, 1992; Vol. 2, Ch. 2–6, 1994). Brhaddesi of Sri Matanga Muni. Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts in association with Motilal Banarsidass Publishers, Delhi, India.
Shringy, R.K., and Sharma, P.L., Translators (Vol. 1, Ch. 1, 1978; Vol. 2, Ch. 2–4, 1989). Sangitaratnakara, by Sarngadeva. Volume 1, Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi, India; Volume 2, Munshiram Manoharlal, New Delhi, India.
Sorrell, N., and Narayan, R. (1980). Indian Music in Performance. New York University Press, New York, New York. This book comes boxed with an excellent cassette tape recording.
Widdess, R. (1995). The Ragas of Early Indian Music. The Clarendon Press, Oxford, England.
Arabian, Persian, and Turkish Music
Al-Faruqi, L.I. (1974). The Nature of the Musical Art of Islamic Culture: A Theoretical and Empirical Study of Arabian Music. Ph.D. dissertation printed and distributed by University Microfilms, Inc., Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Al-Faruqi, L.I. (1981). An Annotated Glossary of Arabic Musical Terms. Greenwood Press, Westport, Connecticut.
Avenary, H., Translator (1974). The Hebrew version of Abu l-Salt’s treatise on music. Yuval III, pp. 7–82.
Barker, A., Translator (1989). Greek Musical Writings. Two Volumes. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England.
Cowl, C., Translator (1966). Al-Kindi’s essay on the composition of melodies. The Consort, No. 23, pp. 129–159.
Crookes, D.Z., Translator (1986). Syntagma musicum II: De organographia, Parts I and II, by Michael Praetorius. The Clarendon Press, Oxford, England. The first edition of this work was published in 1618.
D’Erlanger, R., Bakkouch, ‘A.‘A., and Al-Sanusi, M., Translators (Vol. 1, 1930; Vol. 2, 1935; Vol. 3, 1938; Vol. 4, 1939; Vol. 5, 1949; Vol. 6, 1959). La Musique Arabe, Librairie Orientaliste Paul Geuthner, Paris, France.
Dieterici, F., Translator (1858–1890; 16 Volumes). Die Philosophie der Araber im IX. und X. Jahrhundert n. Chr. aus der Theologie des Aristoteles, den Abhandlungen Alfarabis und den Schriften der Lautern Brüder. The quoted passage on music is in Volume 6, entitled: Die Propaedeutik der Araber im zehnten Jahrhundert. E.S. Mittler und Sohn, Berlin, Germany, 1865.
El-Hefny, M., Translator (1931). Ibn Sina’s Musiklehre [Ibn Sina’s teaching on music]. Ph.D. dissertation printed by Otto Hellwig, Berlin, Germany.
Farhat, H. (1965). The Dastgah Concept in Persian Music. Ph.D. dissertation printed and distributed by University Microfilms, Inc., Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Farhat, H. (1990). The Dastgah Concept in Persian Music. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England.
Farmer, H.G. (1925). Clues for the Arabian influence on European musical theory. The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, First Quarter, pp. 61–80.
Farmer, H.G. (1928). Ibn Khurdadhbih on musical instruments. The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, Third Quarter, pp. 509–518.
Farmer, H.G. (1929). A History of Arabian Music. Luzac Oriental, London, England, 1994.
Farmer, H.G. (1953–1954). The song captions in the Kitab al-aghani al-kabir. Transactions of the Glasgow University Oriental Society XV, pp. 1–10.
Farmer, H.G. (1954). “‘Ud.” In Grove’s Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Volume 8, 5th ed., E. Blom, Editor. St. Martin’s Press, Inc., New York, 1970.
Farmer, H.G. (1957). “The Music of Islam.” In New Oxford History of Music, Volume 1: Ancient and Oriental Music, E. Wellesz, Editor. Oxford University Press, London, England, 1960.
Farmer, H.G. (1965). The Sources of Arabian Music. E.J. Brill, Leiden, Netherlands.
Farmer, H.G., Translator (1965). Al-Farabi’s Arabic-Latin Writings on Music. Hinrichsen Edition Ltd., New York.
Farmer, H.G. (1965). The old Arabian melodic modes. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, Parts 3 4, pp. 99–102.
Farmer, H.G. (1978). Studies in Oriental Musical Instruments, First and Second Series. Longwood Press Ltd., Tortola, British Virgin Islands.
Hitti, P.K. (1937). History of the Arabs. Macmillan and Co. Ltd., London, England, 1956.
Lachmann, R. and El-Hefni, M., Translators (1931). Risala fi hubr ta’lif al-alhan [Über die Komposition der Melodien], by Al-Kindi. Fr. Kistner C.F.W. Siegel, Leipzig, Germany.
Lewis, B., Editor (1976). Islam and the Arab World. Alfred A. Knopf, New York.
Maas, M. and Snyder, J.M. (1989). Stringed Instruments of Ancient Greece. Yale University Press, New Haven, Connecticut.
Marcus, S.L. (1989). Arab Music Theory in the Modern Period. Ph.D. dissertation printed and distributed by University Microfilms, Inc., Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Marcus, S.L. (1992). Modulation in Arab music: Documenting oral concepts, performance rules and strategies. Ethnomusicology 36, No. 2, pp. 171–195.
Muallem, D. (2010). The Maqam Book: A Doorway to Arab Scales and Modes. OR-TAV Music Publications, Kfar Sava, Israel.
Racy, A.J. (1977). Musical Change and Commercial Recording in Egypt, 1904–1932. Ph.D. dissertation printed and distributed by University Microfilms, Inc., Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Racy, A.J. (1978). “Music.” In The Genius of Arab Civilization, 2nd ed., J.R. Hayes, Editor. MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1983.
Ribera, J. (1929). Music in Ancient Arabia and Spain. Translated and abridged from the Spanish by Eleanor Hague and Marion Leffingwell. Stanford University Press, Stanford University, Californa.
Ronzevalle, P.L., Translator (1913). Un Traité de Musique Arabe Moderne, by Mikha’ il Mashaqah. Mélanges de la Faculté Orientale VI, pp. 1–120. Université Saint-Joseph, Beirut, Lebanon.
Sachs, C. (1940). The History of Musical Instruments. W. W. Norton Company, Inc., New York.
Sadie, S., Editor (1984). The New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments. Macmillan Press Limited, London, England.
Shiloah, A. (1972). The simsimiyya: A stringed instrument of the Red Sea area. Asian Music IV, No. 1, pp. 15–26.
Shiloah, A., Translator (1978). The Epistle on Music of the Ikhwan Al-Safa. Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
Shiloah, A. (1979). The Theory of Music in Arabic Writings (c. 900–1900). G. Henle Verlag, München, Germany.
Shiloah, A. (1981). The Arabic concept of mode. Journal of the American Musicological Society XXXIV, No. 1, pp. 19–42.
Signell, K.L. (1973). The Turkish ‘Makam’ System in Contemporary Theory and Practice. Ph.D. dissertation printed and distributed by University Microfilms, Inc., Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Signell, K.L. (1986). Makam: Modal Practice in Turkish Art Music. Da Capo Press, New York, New York.
Smith, E., Translator (1847). A Treatise on Arab Music, by Mikha’ il Mashaqah. Journal of the American Oriental Society I, No. 3, pp. 173–217. Boston, Massachusett.
Touma, H.H. (1996). The Music of the Arabs. Amadeus Press, Portland, Oregon.
Wright, O. (1966). Ibn al-Munajjim and the early Arabian modes. The Galpin Society Journal XIX, pp. 27–48.
Chapter 12
Writings on Cris Forster
• Editors. “Cris Forster.” In Für Augen und Ohren, Magazine of the Berlin Music Festival. January–February, 1980, pp. 16–17. Dr. Ulrich Eckhardt, Publisher. Berlin, Germany.
• Mahlke, S. “Barde mit zwei Saitenspielen.” Der Tagesspiegel. January 25, 1980. Berlin, Germany.
• Garr, D. “The Endless Scale.” Omni. March, 1981, p. 48. New York, New York.
• McDonald, R. “Cris Forster: Making Music.” San Diego Magazine. September, 1982, pp. 136–139, 198, 228. San Diego, California.
• Fleischer, D. “Sounds of Infinity.” Connoisseur. August, 1983, pp. 102, 105. New York, New York.
• Levine, J. “Expanded Musical Palette Is Inventor’s Note-able Goal.” The Tribune. September 6, 1983. San Diego, California.
• Brewster, T. “A Medley of New Instruments: A Wheel Like the Wind.” Life Magazine. November, 1983, p. 142. New York, New York.
• Editors. “Klingen wie der Wind.” Stern. January, 1984, pp. 146–148. Hamburg, Germany.
• Davies, H. (1984). “Microtonal Instruments,” pp. 656–657. In The New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments, Volume 2, S. Sadie, Editor. Macmillan Press Limited, London, England.
• Drye, S.L. (1984). The History and Development of the Musical Glasses, pp. 46–49. Master’s thesis, North Texas State University.
• Arnautoff, V. “Hill Musician Composes, Builds Own Instruments.” The Potrero View. November, 1985, p. 5. San Francisco, California.
• Editors. “This Californian and His Bearings Are Making Beautiful Music Together.” Precisionist: A Publication of the Torrington Company. Summer, 1987, pp. 14–15. Torrington, Connecticut.
• Bowen, C. “Making Music from Scratch.” Métier. Fall, 1987, p. 7. San Francisco, California.
• Snider, J. “Chrysalis: A Transformation in Music.” Magical Blend. April, 1989, pp. 98–102. San Francisco, California.
• Hopkin, B. “Review.” Experimental Musical Instruments V, No. 6. April, 1990, p. 4. Nicasio, California.
• Editors. “Forster, Cris.” PITCH for the International Microtonalist I, No. 4, Spring 1990, p. 142. Johnny Reinhard, Editor. New York, New York.
• Canright, D. “Performance: Concert in Celebration of the Chrysalis New Music Studio — Instruments and Music by Cris Forster.” 1/1, the Journal of the Just Intonation Network 11, No. 4. Spring, 2004, pp. 19–20. San Francisco, California.
• Kaliss, J. “Cris Forster’s ‘Just’ Musical Menagerie.” San Francisco Classical Voice. July 23, 2013. San Francisco, California. (See San Francisco Classical Voice Article.)
• Spaulding, B. “How Math Is Helping One Man Push the Boundaries of Acoustic Music.” PTC Product Lifecycle Report. January 4, 2016. Needham, Massachusetts. (See PTC Mathcad Article.)
• Forster, H. “Support the Evolution of Acoustic Music.” Kickstarter Project. November 29, 2016–January 15, 2017. Brooklyn, New York. (See Kickstarter Article.)
Videos on Cris Forster
• Gaikowski, R., Videographer and Editor (1988). Musical Wood, Steel, and Glass: A video featuring Cris Forster, composer, musician, inventor. A One Way Films/ Videos Production, San Francisco, California.
• Noyes, E., Videographer and Editor; Forster, H., Producer and Writer (2006). A Voyage in Music: A retrospective of Cris Forster’s work over the past thirty years. An Alligator Planet Production, San Francisco, California.
• Thomas, R., Videographer and Editor; Forster, H., Writer (2016). Support the Evolution of Acoustic Music. A Sponsored Films Production, San Francisco, California.
• Video performances of solo and ensemble compositions by Cris Forster at the Chrysalis New Music Studio. (See https://www.youtube.com/user/CrisForster/feed.)