Harry Partch:Petals... microtonal avant sound sculpture

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Harry Partch: And on the Seventh Day Petals Fell in Petaluma (1966 for ensemble of unique instruments)


label & cat. no.:
CRI 213 pressed in:
USA date:
late 1960s format:
LP condition:
Vinyl: ex- (couple of faint scuffs and a few tiny pressing imperfection bubbles)
Cover: ex- (minor wear; 1/2" split on top seam) description:
Classic and essential avant garde lp containing what is probably Partch's greatest all-instrumental composition. The work is performed by Partch and his Gate 5 Ensemble on his unique microtuned instruments/sound sculptures, which are variously grouped into small ensembles (mostly duets and trios) for each of the piece's 34 sections. This allows for a stunning showcase of each of the instruments' distinct sounds, perhaps more so than on any other Partch recording. Most of the Partch orchestra is highlighted, including the Zymo-Xyl, Crychord, Surrogate Kithara, Chromelodeon II, Koto, Mazda Marimba, Cloud-Chamber Bowls, Diamond Marimba, Kithara I+II, Bloboy, Spoils of War, Harmonic Cannon I, Marimba Eroica, Castor and Pollux, Adapted Guitar II, Drone Devils, Gubagubi, Blue Rainbow, Gourd Tree, and Cone Gongs, and several of these were recorded for the first time on this highly recommended lp.

artist info from album notes:
From the late 1930s onward, after living as a transient hobo, Partch developed instruments based on his own revolutionary tuning theories (considered the first in the field since Pythagoras). He composed in isolation within the musical universe he created, but he blazed the same trails as Alois Haba, Julian Carrillo, Ivan Wyschnegradsky, and Charles Ives, drew from percussive eastern music such as gamelan, American folk, Native American, and African music, Hebrew and Christian hymns, and "lumber yards and junk shops," and would become influential to John Cage, Steve Reich, Lou Harrison, La Monte Young, Ben Johnston, Easley Blackwood, Glenn Branca, Alvin Lucier, Pauline Oliveros, Terry Riley, John Eaton, James Tenney, Rhys Chatham, Tony Conrad, and others from the avant garde; his instruments relate to the 'Structures Sonores' of Bernard and Francois Baschet and the sound sculptures and homemade instruments of Harry Bertoia, Max Neuhaus, Z'ev, Donald Knaack, Paul Panhuysen, and Bill Fontana. Check out my other items for more avant garde/experimental, early electronic/electroacoustic, psych, minimalism, 20th century classical, microtonal, sound effects/field recordings, and artist records. US Shipping - Media Mail is $5.00 for 1-2 single records, then $0.65 for each additional; Priority Mail is also available but pricing depends on zipcode (you can check eBay's calculated shipping price at the bottom of this page); other expedited shipping options and insurance are all available on request. Combine multiple items to save on shipping.
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