Plectra and Percussion Dances

by Harry Partch & Gate 5 Ensemble

Plectra and Percussion Dances cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1953
  • Label: Gate 5
  • Country: United States
  • Community rating: 3.47/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A groundbreaking work in avant-garde composition, this album documents Harry Partch utilizing his custom-built instruments tuned to an original 43-tone scale. Performed with the Gate 5 Ensemble, the recording breaks entirely from Western harmonic traditions, offering a deeply abstract, ritualistic exploration of microtonal acoustics.

Genres

Descriptors: microtonal, acoustic, ritualistic, avant-garde, dissonant

Tracklist

  1. Castor & Pollux - A Dance for the Twin Rhythms of Gemini
  2. Ring Around The Moon - A Dance for Here and Now
  3. Even Wild Horses - Dance Music for an Absent Drama

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