The musical identities of Harry Partch : history, theory, performance / edited by S. Andrew Granade.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Granade, S. Andrew, editor.

JSTOR (Online Service)

Series:

Eastman studies in music ; http://id.loc.gov/resources/hubs/ae8d9d3d-d14a-554c-9555-3e85849e76b0 210.

Eastman studies in music, 1071-9989 ; 210

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Partch, Harry, 1901-1974--Criticism and interpretation.

Partch, Harry.

Composers--United States.

Composers.

Musical instrument makers--United States.

Musical instrument makers.

Microtonal music--United States--20th century--History and criticism.

Microtonal music.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Rochester : University of Rochester Press, 2026.

Contents:

Just writings : an introduction to Harry Partch / S. Andrew Granade

Part 1. Historical identities. Partched fields, or musicological borderlands in a season of voice / Jake Johnson ; The entangled legacy of Harry Partch and his instruments / S. Andrew Granade ; Harry as proto-queer, Partch as not yet here / Will Saunders ; Hobo space-time and The wayward / Graham Raulerson ; Tonality diamond reflections : the linked philosophies, theories, and aesthetics of Harry Partch and Manfred Stahnke / Navid Bargrizan

Part 2. Theoretical identities. The tuning system of Harry Partch / Danlee Mitchell ; Harry Partch in the tradition of truculent American originality / Kyle Gann ; Pythagoras, Plato, and Partch : breaking the chains of a theoretical art form / Paul Varchola West

Part 3. Performance identities. Corporeality : the musician's image in the performance of Harry Partch's music / Danlee Mitchell ; 10 issues in analysis and realization of the music of Harry Partch / Charles Corey ; Adapted voice : intersections of scholarship, practice, and intuition in performing Partch / Sarah Elizabeth Kolat ; In search of a sound translation : Harry Partch's The heron / Chris Rainier

Appendix A. A philosophic music man seduced into carpentry : biographical sketch of Harry Partch and works list.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (EBSCO, viewed July 21, 2026).

Other Format:

Print version: Musical identities of Harry Partch.

ISBN:

9781648251351

1648251358

Publisher Number:

40033347092

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