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.
| ISBN: | 9780252069130 |
| Publication date: | 2nd June 2000 |
| Author: | Harry Partch |
| Publisher: | University of Illinois Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 520 pages |
| Series: | Music in American Life |
| Genres: |
Music |
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.
Bitter Music features in the following genres: Music
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Bitter Music was written by Harry Partch and published by University of Illinois Press
Bitter Music has 520 pages
Yes it is part of Music in American Life series
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