Harry Partch topic
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- Harry Partch
Harry Partch (June 24, 1901 – September 3, 1974) was an America composer and instrument creator. He was one of the first twentieth-century composers to work extensively and systematically with microtonal scale, writing much of his music for custom-made instruments that he built himself, tuned in 11-limit just intonation.
Partch was born on June 24, 1901 in Oakland, California soon after his parents, both Presbyterian missionaries, fled the Boxer Rebellion in China. He spent his childhood in...
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- 1929
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- And on the Seventh Day, Petals Fell in Petaluma
- Barstow: Eight Hitchhikers' Inscription From a Highway Railing at Barstow, California
- Study on Olympos' Pentatonic
- Study on Archytas' Enharmonic
- Two Studies on Ancient Greek Scales
- Exordium: The Beginning of a Web
- Delusion of the Fury
- Chorus of Shadows
- The Pilgrimage
- Emergence of the Spirit
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- Genesis of a music
- Genesis of a music; an account of a creative work, its roots and its fulfillments
- Genesis of a music; monophony: the relation of its music to historic and contemporary trends; its philosophy, concepts, and principles; its relation to historic and proposed intonations; and its application to musical instruments
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