Harry Partch - BBC Documentary - Part 1 of 6

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.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Harry
• Partch
• Composer
• 43-Tone
• Microtonality
• Music
• Tuning
• Intonation
• Instruments
• Inventions
• Experimental
• Creative
• Odd

[JesustheLizard]

Finally i found some one who i can identify with

[gwalkron]

Bloody brilliant!

[di6na]

But what is the point of this 'genius and great art' ,how this is helping people? ok,it is new it is different, that does not mean it is necessary good. Blame me on the conservative minded ,but this is not engaging my spirit ,soul and emotional core in any way. What is wrong with J.S. Bach,Pergolesi, Beethoven and so.... ?

[sptfgpn]

sexist, ageist pig.

[b2ready1]

he says i wont be straitjacketed by anyone

[TheModCon]

@Adzymakesmusic Thanks! :D

[TheModCon]

@Adzymakesmusic I have no idea, and I'd really like to know! Because it's an amazing clip, would really be interesting to listen to the whole piece.

[RoboticusMusic]

I wonder if he could get away with this terrible music nowadays. Really pulled a fast one on you old farts. ;)

[alexdrudigmail]

I know quite a few blue-haired ladies who are unable to appreciate Bach more than they appreciate Partch.

I guess it's more a matter of innate aesthetic sense than of conformism, dominance or hair-dyeing.

[Ghoopty]

@Muzikman127 How? By creating his own instruments? Or by envisioning his own scales? I'm sorry, I do not agree....he was yearning to break free of our oppressive systems, and by my ears, he did.

[tayloreh]

I think Barstow is one of my favorite pieces. I'm writing up all this stuff on flaky classical music right now, and it seems so detached from reality, like all these composers were hatched from eggs and grew up in big echo chambers in New York where they never saw sunlight. Maybe I'll be dropping out of school sometime soon too.