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Benjamin Burwell Johnston, Jr. ( born March 15, 1926 in Macon, Georgia ) is a composer of contemporary music in just intonation: " one of the foremost composers of microtonal music " ( Bush 1997 ).

He was called " one of the best non-famous composers this country has to offer " in 1990 by American critic John Rockwell ( Taylor 2002, 54 ).