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The Harry Partch collection.

Title
The Harry Partch collection. Volume 4.
Author
Partch, Harry, 1901-1974.
Publication
New York, NY : CRI, [1997], ℗1997.

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Additional Authors
  • Pierce, Freda
  • Garvey, John
  • University of Illinois Musical Ensemble, performer. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf
Description
1 audio disc (74 min., 43 sec.) : digital, stereo; 4 3/4 in.
Series Statement
Partch, Harry, 1901-1974. Works. Selections (CRI) ; v. 4.
Uniform Title
Bewitched
Alternative Title
Bewitched
Subject
Note
  • "A dance-satire"--Container.
  • For female solo voice, chorus, and instrumental ensemble.
  • Originally released on the composer\u0027s Gate 5 label.
  • Compact disc.
  • Analog recording.
  • "Rechanneled for stereo."--Insert.
  • Program notes and synopsis by the composer ([16] p. : port.) inserted in container.
Event (note)
  • Recorded 1957 at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana.
Contents
Prologue : The lost musicians mix magic -- Three undergrads become transfigured in a Hong Kong music hall -- Exercises in harmony and counterpoint are tried in a court of ancient ritual -- The romancing of a pathological liar comes to an inspired end -- A soul tormented by contemporary music finds a humanizing alchemy -- Visions fill the eyes of a defeated basketball team in the show[er] room -- Euphoria descends a Sausalito stairway -- Two detectives on the trail of a tricky culprit turn in their badges -- A court in its own contempt rises to a motherly apotheosis -- A lost political soul finds himself among the voteless women of paradise -- The cognoscenti are plunged into a demonic descent while at cocktails ; Epilogue.
LCCN
904387542
OCLC
  • ocm38518367
  • SCSB-3568273
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries