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by Harry Partch (Author) "IT WOULD seem axiomatic that any music, whether it is that of a well writer of symphonies or that of an anonymous folk singer, reveals..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 544 pages
  • Publisher: Da Capo Press Inc; 2nd Revised edition edition (1 Aug 1979)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 030680106X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0306801068
  • Product Dimensions: 22.4 x 15 x 3.6 cm
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Among the few truly experimental composers in our cultural history, Harry Partch's life (19011974) and music embody most completely the quintessential American rootlessness, isolation, pre-civilized cult of experience, and dichotomy of practical invention and transcendental visions. Having lived mostly in the remote deserts of Arizona and New Mexico with no access to formal training, Partch naturally created theatrical ritualistic works incorporating Indian chants, Japanese kabuki and Noh, Polynesian microtones, Balinese gamelan, Greek tragedy, dance, mime, and sardonic commentary on Hollywood and commercial pop music of modern civilization. First published in 1949, Genesis of a Music is the manifesto of Partch's radical compositional practice and instruments (which owe nothing to the 300-year-old European tradition of Western music. ) He contrasts Abstract and Corporeal music, proclaiming the latter as the vital, emotionally tactile form derived from the spoken word (like Greek, Chinese, Arabic, and Indian musics) and surveys the history of world music at length from this perspective. Parts II, III, and IV explain Partch's theories of scales, intonation, and instrument construction with copious acoustical and mathematical documentation. Anyone with a musically creative attitude, whether or not familiar with traditional music theory, will find this book revelatory.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Good introduction to Partch's work, 15 Sep 2001
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This is essential reading for anyone interesting in microtonality, because in ways this is where it all started. Of course, people wrote microtonal music before Partch, but nobody inspired so many other people to do so as him, and a large part of the reason for this widespread inspiration is this book. It starts from first principles, so you don't need any prior knowledge to understand it and the notational systems used, and moves onto quite specific information about the instruments Partch built. There is no fat here - everything relates directly to the music that Partch wrote. However, it should be said that this is a very personal view of microtonality, and what Partch has to say about several things is very subjective - this book should not be seen as a primer of microtonality. But as an introduction to one of the most inventive composers of the twentieth century, it is excellent.
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