Chapter 19: Music from Towns Other Than Chezlee, Ont, and Its Influence

		Chapter 19 Music from Towns Other Than Chezlee, Ont. and Its Influence

		I shall never forget the first time my mentor, that Renaissance literato, took Lucetta and me up county to the neighbouring village of Grawlff for the premi re of one of Grawlff's most eminent composers, the Hon. Judge J.J. Juggs, county circuit judge for Sarafrax County, sometime composer and general dabbler in the arts.

		The DEEP IMPACT of hearing music from a DIFFERENT AREA (they were seven miles up the road from Chezlee, Ont.) was PROFOUNDLY INFLUENTIAL in the development of my own musical style and the pieces of that post-Grawlff period reflect that influence. For example, my

		1. Inventiona Innebria (Op.2 No. 2)

		2. Scherzo Squiffo (Op. 2 No. 3)

		3. The Loaded Largo (Op. 3 No's. 2 & 3)

		4. Pickled Pizzicati (Op. 23 No. 32)

		all reflect those whiffs of inspiration I got that night from Judge Juggs's compositions.

		To move from this loca specifica to the LARGER PICTURE of musical composition in the 20th century, we are immediately OVERWHELMED by the PLETHORA of influences from music of countries ROUND THE GLOBE!

		As a matter of fact, by the middle of the century, the study of the music of cultures OTHER than the great Western (and Eastern somewhat) European tradition came to be known as ethnomusicology.

		ETHNOMUSICOLOGY  or the scholarly study of the music of a variety of different ethnic cultures.

		Due to the fine work of all these graduated ethnomusicologists, and the advanced technology of the recording industry, it is possible to SIT IN