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19.5 (nineteen point five)

A 12- movement, 57- minute work for 19-div trumpet and malletKAT
by DONALD BOUSTED
2011/14 rev. 2018/19

Dedicated to duo Contour (Stephen Altoft and Lee Ferguson) who commissioned the work.
Dedicated to Lewis Jones and Patrick Ozzard-Low, whose enthusiasm and knowledge about 19-division tuning inspired this project in 2000.

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19.5 Programme Note:

'19.5 is a large work, nearly an hour in duration. Formally, however, it does not use the traditional techniques associated with creating homogeneity in multi-movement works. It is presented as a journey taken by the composer in his explorations of an ancient but contemporary tuning system; and the listener is invited to experience it in this way too. Although each movement can stand alone and has, indeed, been presented that way in recitals, the true nature of the piece can only be experienced from listening from beginning to end.
The first section is concerned with certain modes we are all familiar with in 'normal' tuning (that of 12 notes to the octave, or 12-div); however, here these modes use the tuning of 19 pitches per octave (19-div); the major scale, minor scale and the whole-tone scale are explored separately and in combination.
The second section presents four narrative pieces which navigate different stylistic and tonal approaches to 19-div, exploring themes such as mental health, loss, socialisation and death.
The third group is a polymicrotonal development of 19-div, using just intonation scales in 10, 13, 19 and 26 divisions of the octave and non-octave and mirror scales. It plays with these new sonorities against the trumpet’s rather more fixed tuning (although the player is instructed to modify pitch by ear). These scales create a feeling similar to modulation in traditional music in that they create a sense of moving away or being taken to an extreme point. The theme of this last section is spirituality which is suggested by the use of increasingly stark musical forms and the presentation of material against a backdrop of silence.
19.5 is written for a specially designed microtonal trumpet in 19 equal divisions of the octave and malletKAT, a MIDI mallet instrument. The work is divided into three sections of four movements each. It was composed between 2011 and 2014 and since then it has been performed in part, substantially revised in 2018/19 and, finally, recorded and edited for the album over a two year period from 2019/21. The work was commissioned by duo Contour (Stephen Altoft, trumpet and Lee Ferguson, malletKAT) who have given all the performances. 19.5 explores 19 division tuning which is an extended version of third-comma meantone tuning, a system of tuning based on creating near-pure thirds during the 16th century through 19 pitches per octave as opposed to the usual 12.' (DB)

PART 1: Modes 9’21”
I. Maj 1’51”
II. Min 1’59”
III. Hole 3’18”
IV. Mxn 2’13”
PART 2: Poetry 22’ 21”
V. Love You Hate You 3’10”
VI. She Goes 7’59”
VII. Life is about Life and Death and Death and Death and Death 4’16”
VIII. Walk in Straight Lines 6’56
PART 3: Spirit 25’38”
IX. all is not as it seems 4’09”
X. Shut Your Fat Mouth 3’52”
XI. What you Believe will Come True 10’41”
XII. Maji 6’56”
Total length 57’20”