Lorraine St. George Tucker

Born in California in 1924 (died in 2004), Tui was named after a species of bird native to New Zealand , where her mother was born. In 1946 she moved to New York , where she became renowned as a composer, conductor, and virtuoso of the recorder. Tui pioneered a unique style of composition often referred to as “microtonal.” Her works frequently used quartertones, that is, the tones in between the notes of a piano keyboard. To achieve this end, Tui composed on two pianos—one of which would have

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