The World of Harry Partch

by Harry Partch / Danlee Mitchell

The World of Harry Partch cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: April 1969
  • Label: Columbia Masterworks
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 26:45
  • Community rating: 3.82/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'The World of Harry Partch' presents music by the American composer-inventor using his custom-built instruments and just intonation tuning system. Danlee Mitchell, a key interpreter and associate of Partch, helped bring the work into a recorded format for a broader classical audience. The album functions as both documentation and introduction to one of the century's most self-contained musical languages.

Genres

Descriptors: avant-garde, microtonal, atmospheric, ritualistic, rhythmic, polyrhythm

Tracklist

  1. Daphne of the Dunes (17:25)
  2. Barstow – Eight Hitchhiker Inscriptions from a Highway Railing at Barstow, California (9:20)
  3. Castor & Pollux – A Dance for the Twin Rhythms of Gemini (from Plectra & Percussion Dances) (16:20)

Credits

  • Walter Coelho - lacquer cut by
  • Harry Partch - primary artist, composed by, supervised by, liner notes, viola [adapted], voice
  • Danlee Mitchell - conductor, liner notes, performer [surrogate kithara], keyboards [chromelodeon i], marimba [diamond, boo], performer [kithara ii, surrogate kithara], percussion [cloud-chamber bowls], performer [harmonic canon ii], marimba [high bass], marimba [diamond, low bass], performer [kithara ii, surrogate kithara, harmonic canon ii], percussion [cloud-chamber bowls], marimba [high bass, diamond, low bass], performer [kithara ii, surrogate kithara], marimba [low bass], performer [harmonic canon ii], percussion [cloud-chamber bowls], marimba [diamond, high bass]
  • Ira Friedlander - design
  • Bud Graham - engineer
  • Ed Michalski - engineer
  • Don Hunstein - photography by [cover, inside]
  • John McClure - producer
  • Dean Drummond - performer [kithara ii, surrogate kithara, harmonic canons ii and iii, ], keyboards [chromelodeon i], percussion [cloud-chamber bowls, spoils of war, gourd tree], marimba [diamond, boo, bass], tape [pre-recorded], performer [kithara ii, surrogate kithara], percussion [cloud-chamber bowls], performer [harmonic canon ii], marimba [high bass], marimba [diamond, low bass], performer [kithara ii, surrogate kithara, harmonic canon ii], percussion [cloud-chamber bowls], marimba [high bass, diamond, low bass], performer [kithara ii, surrogate kithara], marimba [low bass], performer [harmonic canon ii], percussion [cloud-chamber bowls], marimba [diamond, high bass]
  • Emil Richards - performer [kithara ii, surrogate kithara, harmonic canons ii and iii, ], keyboards [chromelodeon i], percussion [cloud-chamber bowls, spoils of war, gourd tree], marimba [diamond, boo, bass], tape [pre-recorded], performer [kithara ii, surrogate kithara], percussion [cloud-chamber bowls], performer [harmonic canon ii], marimba [high bass], marimba [diamond, low bass], performer [kithara ii, surrogate kithara, harmonic canon ii], percussion [cloud-chamber bowls], marimba [high bass, diamond, low bass], performer [kithara ii, surrogate kithara], marimba [low bass], performer [harmonic canon ii], percussion [cloud-chamber bowls], marimba [diamond, high bass]
  • Frank Berberich - performer [kithara ii, surrogate kithara, harmonic canons ii and iii, ], keyboards [chromelodeon i], percussion [cloud-chamber bowls, spoils of war, gourd tree], marimba [diamond, boo, bass], tape [pre-recorded]
  • Gary Coleman - performer [kithara ii, surrogate kithara, harmonic canons ii and iii, ], keyboards [chromelodeon i], percussion [cloud-chamber bowls, spoils of war, gourd tree], marimba [diamond, boo, bass], tape [pre-recorded], performer [kithara ii, surrogate kithara], percussion [cloud-chamber bowls], performer [harmonic canon ii], marimba [high bass], marimba [diamond, low bass], performer [kithara ii, surrogate kithara, harmonic canon ii], percussion [cloud-chamber bowls], marimba [high bass, diamond, low bass], performer [kithara ii, surrogate kithara], marimba [low bass], performer [harmonic canon ii], percussion [cloud-chamber bowls], marimba [diamond, high bass]
  • John McAllister - performer [kithara ii, surrogate kithara, harmonic canons ii and iii, ], keyboards [chromelodeon i], percussion [cloud-chamber bowls, spoils of war, gourd tree], marimba [diamond, boo, bass], tape [pre-recorded], performer [surrogate kithara], keyboards [chromelodeon i], marimba [diamond, boo], performer [kithara ii, surrogate kithara], percussion [cloud-chamber bowls], performer [harmonic canon ii], marimba [high bass], marimba [diamond, low bass], performer [kithara ii, surrogate kithara, harmonic canon ii], percussion [cloud-chamber bowls], marimba [high bass, diamond, low bass], performer [kithara ii, surrogate kithara], marimba [low bass], performer [harmonic canon ii], percussion [cloud-chamber bowls], marimba [diamond, high bass]
  • Linda Schell - performer [kithara ii, surrogate kithara, harmonic canons ii and iii, ], keyboards [chromelodeon i], percussion [cloud-chamber bowls, spoils of war, gourd tree], marimba [diamond, boo, bass], tape [pre-recorded], performer [surrogate kithara], keyboards [chromelodeon i], marimba [diamond, boo], performer [kithara ii, surrogate kithara], percussion [cloud-chamber bowls], performer [harmonic canon ii], marimba [high bass], marimba [diamond, low bass], performer [kithara ii, surrogate kithara, harmonic canon ii], percussion [cloud-chamber bowls], marimba [high bass, diamond, low bass], performer [kithara ii, surrogate kithara], marimba [low bass], performer [harmonic canon ii], percussion [cloud-chamber bowls], marimba [diamond, high bass]
  • Michael Ranta - performer [kithara ii, surrogate kithara, harmonic canons ii and iii, ], keyboards [chromelodeon i], percussion [cloud-chamber bowls, spoils of war, gourd tree], marimba [diamond, boo, bass], tape [pre-recorded], performer [surrogate kithara], keyboards [chromelodeon i], marimba [diamond, boo], performer [kithara ii, surrogate kithara], percussion [cloud-chamber bowls], performer [harmonic canon ii], marimba [high bass], marimba [diamond, low bass], performer [kithara ii, surrogate kithara, harmonic canon ii], percussion [cloud-chamber bowls], marimba [high bass, diamond, low bass], performer [kithara ii, surrogate kithara], marimba [low bass], performer [harmonic canon ii], percussion [cloud-chamber bowls], marimba [diamond, high bass]
  • Richard Lapore - performer [kithara ii, surrogate kithara, harmonic canons ii and iii, ], keyboards [chromelodeon i], percussion [cloud-chamber bowls, spoils of war, gourd tree], marimba [diamond, boo, bass], tape [pre-recorded]
  • Robert McCormick - performer [kithara ii, surrogate kithara, harmonic canons ii and iii, ], keyboards [chromelodeon i], percussion [cloud-chamber bowls, spoils of war, gourd tree], marimba [diamond, boo, bass], tape [pre-recorded]
  • Todd Miller - performer [kithara ii, surrogate kithara, harmonic canons ii and iii, ], keyboards [chromelodeon i], percussion [cloud-chamber bowls, spoils of war, gourd tree], marimba [diamond, boo, bass], tape [pre-recorded]
  • John Stannard - voice

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