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Lou Harrison
When Lou Harrison was searching for a new musical language in the late 1940's, he decided to revisit the ancient Greek tuning system invented by Pythagoras. The first of his works to employ Pythagorean tuning was "Seven Pastorales," which provided just the breakthrough that Harrison needed— and opened the door to his exploration of the artifice of tonality.
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