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White Lies At T In The Park 2009

White Lies At T In The Park 2009

Harry gets excited about returning to T and the amazing festival catering.

Shockwaves NME Awards Big Gig: White Lies - 'Death'

Shockwaves NME Awards Big Gig: White Lies - 'Death'

The gloom-rockers kick off the Shockwaves NME Awards Big Gig at 02's London Arena last month (February 26). "I'd like to take this chance to say that it's an honour to play with The Cure," frontman Harry McVeigh told...

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Harry Partch - BBC Documentary - Part 1 of 6

Harry Partch - BBC Documentary - Part 1 of 6 (09:55)

Part 1 of a documentary about the composer Harry Partch who invented his own compositional method using a 43-tone scale and many instruments that he built by hand.

the music of harry partch part1

the music of harry partch part1 (08:44)

1968 San Diego KPBS-TV documentary called The Music of Harry Partch. Partch shows off his instruments and gives a performance of Daphne of the Dunes conducted by Thomas Nee.

Harry Partch - Delusions of the fury Pt1

Harry Partch - Delusions of the fury Pt1 (08:27)

"In his long-awaited masterwork, "Delusion of the Fury: A ritual of dream an delusion", he rises above all attempts at descriptive containment and becomes quite simple heroic. "Delusion of the Fury," proceeding from...

Harry Partch - Music Studio - Part 1 of 2

Harry Partch - Music Studio - Part 1 of 2 (09:12)

Harry Partch demonstrates his instruments.

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Harry Partch Biography

270 px|thumb|Chromelodeon keyboardHarry Partch (June 24, 1901 – September 3, 1974) was an American composer and instrument creator. He was one of the first twentieth-century composers to work extensively and systematically with microtonal scales, writing much of his music for custom-made instruments that he built himself, tuned in 11-limit just intonation.

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Harry Partch's Best Songs

  • 1. vanity
  • 2. The Street
  • 3. the rose
  • 4. the crane
  • 5. the waterfall
  • 6. the wind
  • 7. By the Rivers of Babylon (By the Rivers of Babylon)
  • 8. Soldiers - War - Another War
  • 9. Revelation in The Courthouse Park After The Bacchae of Euripides (Revelation in The Courthouse Park After The Bacchae of Euripides)
  • 10. The Long Departed Lover
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Harry Partch Discography

Harry Partch albums.

  • U.S. Highball (Kronos Quartet) - 31/07/2003 (Nonesuch/US)
  • Delusion of the Fury: A Ritual of Dream and Delusion - 30/11/1999 (Innova Recordings/US)
  • The Bewitched (Members of the University of Illinois Musical Ensemble feat. conductor: John Garvey) - (Composers Recordings Inc./US)
  • Revelation in the Courthouse Park (disc 2) - (Tomato/US)

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