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Harry Partch
Thirty Years Of Lyrical And Dramatic Music

Album US 1962 on Gate 5 Records label
Classical (Avant-garde, Contemporary)

Poems By Li Po, composed 1931-1933, as recorded in 1947. From The Works Of Li Po, the Chinese poet, done into English verse by Shigeyoshi Obata. Copyright, 1922. Windsong, composed 1958. This is an excerpted version of the soundtrack for the film Windsong, a modern rendering of the ancient myth of Daphne and Apollo. Ten instruments are used, and Partch plays nearly all the parts. The film was produced by Madeline Tourtelot. Two Studies On Ancient Greek Scales, composed 1946, recorded in 1950. Intrusions, composed 1949-1950, recorded in 1950. The poems by Ella Young are from Marzilian And Other Poems, 1938. The Crane is from Japanese Poetry, the 'Uta' by Arthur Waley, 1919. Vanity is from Circle magazine, Summer 1948. Cloud-Chamber Music, composed 1950. The tune toward the end is by the Zuni Indians of New Mexico. Bless This Home, composed 1960, Recorded in 1961, University of Illinois. Poem by Vicenzo Pockelo, written for Gary and Suzi Everett. By The Rivers of Babylon, composed 1931.

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	Harry Partch voc, zth, 1901-1974 US composed by, performer, intrumentalist, voice, intoning voice, viola, adapted viola, voice, intoning voice, album by, strings, harmonic canon, ensemble
	Li Bai , CN lyrics by, poem by
	Ben Johnston voc, *1926 US performer, intrumentalist, percussion, bass marimba, ensemble
	Betty Johnston performer, intrumentalist, ensemble
	William Wendlandt voice, intoning voice
	Ella Young , 1867-1956 IE lyrics by, poems by
	Giuseppe Ungaretti voc, 1888-1970 IT lyrics by, poem
	Donald Pippin , ensemble
	John Garvey vl, conductor
	Danlee Mitchell , strings, harmonic canon, lyre, kithara
	Vincenzo Prockelo , oboe, lyrics by, poem by
	Joseph Varhula , percussion, mazda marimba
	Lyndel Davis , lyre, kithara
	Evelyn Garvey p, organ, chromelodeon
	Nina Cutler , voice

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