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Harry Partch

Harry Partch (June 24, 1901 – September 3, 1974) was an American composer, music theorist, and creator of unique musical instruments. He composed using scales of unequal intervals in just intonation, and was one of the first 20th-century composers in the West to work systematically with microtonal

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Daphne of the Dunes
Daphne of the Dunes
Harry Partch, Danlee Mitchell, Frank Berberich, Gary Coleman, Dean Drummond, Richard Lapore, John McAllister, Robert McCormick, Todd Miller, Emil Richards, Michael Ranta, Linda Schell
17:28
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Barstow - Eight Hitchhiker Inscriptions from a Highway Railing at Barstow, California
Barstow - Eight Hitchhiker Inscriptions from a Highway Railing at Barstow, California
Harry Partch, John Stannard, Danlee Mitchell, John McAllister, Michael Ranta, Linda Schell
09:20
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Castor & Pollux - A Dance for the Twin Rhythms of Gemini from Plectra & Percussion Dances
Castor & Pollux - A Dance for the Twin Rhythms of Gemini from Plectra & Percussion Dances
Harry Partch, Danlee Mitchell, Gary Coleman, Dean Drummond, John McAllister, Emil Richards, Michael Ranta, Linda Schell
16:19
4
Chromelodeon I
Chromelodeon I
Harry Partch
02:29
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Hand Instruments, Partch in Epilogue
Hand Instruments, Partch in Epilogue
Harry Partch
03:04

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