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NYCC Presents | New Music for Instruments, Electronics & Video “Inharmonic Fantasy No. 10“ by Hubert Howe Electronics by Hubert Howe, video by Gazinur Rakhmatullin November 10, 2021 Marc A. Scorca Hall of the National Opera Center New York, New York While the background structure of the composition is 12-tone equal-tempered, the spectra prolonging each of the notes is inharmonic, such that each partial above the fundamental is 11/24 of the frequency of a harmonic spectrum. This represents a frequency-shifted spectrum of about a minor sixth up. Each harmonic partial furthermore has its own amplitude envelope, so that there is a continuous shifting of the amplitudes emphasizing a different component over each portion of the duration, thus producing a continuously shifting timbre. The overall form of the piece is palindromic, representing a crescendo to a climax in the middle of the piece followed by a diminuendo to the ending, with a few softer interludes interspersed in
