Biography
Harry Partch grew up in Tombstone, AZ, and was taught by his family to play the clarinet, harmonica, reed organ, guitar. A self-taught composer, he rode the rails during the early Depression years. Partch was an original theorist on tuning systems, wrote the extraordinary book Genesis of a Music (1949), and an instrument designer and builder from 1938 onwards. His operas, in micro-tonal tunings played on his self-made instruments, were often designed for performers who would take multiple roles, eg. singer-instrumentalist-dancer. His songs were often open as to vocal pitch, pre-cursors of the New Narrative Opera. He wrote several innovative filmscores, and a number of collections came out in the late '90s: four volumes on CRI label, and 3-CD set Enclosure Five on Innova. ~ "Blue" Gene Tyranny, Rovi



 
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Harry Partch Documentary-The Outsider
Harry Partch ‎- The World Of Harry Partch (1969) FULL ALBUM
Partch performs Castor & Pollux by Harry Partch
Harry Partch: SONATA DEMENTIA (1950)
A New Note in Music: Harry Partch's Kooky 1950s Instruments
The Harry Partch Instrumentarium
HARRY PARTCH - Music Studio (Documentary)
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