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Partch, Harry

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Partch, Harry (1901-1974)

US composer. Largely self-taught, he experimented with microtonal scales and new instrumental designs.

Works

Choral and voice with instruments

Eight Hitch-hiker Inscriptions from a California Highway Railing and US Highball, a Musical Account of a Transcontinental Hobo Trip for chorus and instruments (1944); The Letter, a Depression Message from a Hobo Friend for voices and instruments (1944).

Dramatic

music drama Oedipus (1952); dance satire The Bewitched (1957); music tragedy Revelation in the Courthouse Park; Water, Water, an American ritual (1962).
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