Erv Wilson
Ervin Wilson (born June 11, 1928 in Chihuahua, Mexico) is a Mexican/American (dual citizen) music theorist. Despite his avoidance of academia, Wilson has been influential on those interested in microtonal music and just intonation, especially in the areas of scale, keyboard, and notation design. Among his developments are Moments of Symmetry, Combination Product Sets, Golden Horograms, scales based on recurrence relations (scales of "Mt. Meru"), and mapping scales to the generalized keyboard. He cites Augusto Novaro and Joseph Yasser as influences.
Wilson also breeds corn, and is sometimes credited as the first to suggest the use of blue corn in tortilla chips.[citation needed]
Musicians influenced by Wilson
- Warren Burt
- Kraig Grady
- Terumi Narushima
- Rod Poole
- Glen Prior
- Emil Richards
- Marcus Satellite
- Greg Schiemer
- Stephen James Taylor[1]
- Daniel James Wolf
References
External links
- The Wilson Archives at Anaphoria.com
- One Person's Introduction to the Work of Erv Wilson
- Xenharmonikon - Informal Journal of Experimental Music
- Golden Horogram's introduction and explanation by David J. Finnamore
- The Sonic Sky - site (with video) about the the musical realm of Erv Wilson, and the vast universe of his musical structures