Harry Partch Music Scores, 1922 - 1972

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Harry Partch Music Scores, 1922 - 1972

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The collection of Harry Partch Music Scores consists of bound facsimiles of musical and theatrical compositions by experimental composer and instrument-builder Harry Partch, written between 1922 and 1972. Compositions include seminal works such as DELUSION OF THE FURY, OEDIPUS THE KING, U.S. HIGHBALL, and WAYWARD. The works are arranged by alphabetically by title of composition.

5.00 linear feet; (5 flat boxes)

eng,

University of California, San Diego. Geisel Library. Mandeville Special Collections Library.

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Partch, Harry, 1901-1974

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Biography Harry Partch was born in Oakland, CA on June 24, 1901; both his parents had been Presbyterian missionaries in China who endured the Boxer Rebellion. By the age of 20, he had moved through parts of the Midwest and East Coast, then back through Northern and Southern California before settling in San Diego in 1964. He began his early musical training playing clarinet, harmonium, viola, piano, and guitar and composing music using a temp...