Bitter Music : Collected Journals, Essays, Introductions, and Librettos Paperback / softback
by Harry Partch
Part of the Music in American Life series
Paperback / softback
Description
Bitter Music collects writings by one of the twentieth century's great musical iconoclasts.
Rejecting the equal temperament and concert traditions that have dominated western music, Harry Partch adopted the pure intervals of just intonation and devised a 43-tone-to-the-octave scale, which in turn forced him into inventing numerous musical instruments.
His compositions realize his ideal of a corporeal music that unites music, dance, and theater.
Winner of the ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award, Bitter Music includes two journals kept by Partch, one while wandering the West Coast during the Depression and the other as he hiked the rugged northern California coastline.
It also includes Partch's essays on and discussions of his own compositions, as well as librettos and scenarios for six major narrative/dramatic works.
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:520 pages
- Publisher:University of Illinois Press
- Publication Date:02/06/2000
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- ISBN:9780252069130
Information
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:520 pages
- Publisher:University of Illinois Press
- Publication Date:02/06/2000
- Category:
- ISBN:9780252069130
