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Harry Partch

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American composer, music theorist, creator of musical instruments

United StatesMusiciansLived 1901 to 1974 · aged 73
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Harry Partch was an American composer, music theorist, and creator of unique musical instruments. He composed using scales of unequal intervals in just intonation, and was one of the first 20th-century composers in the West to work systematically with microtonal scales, alongside Lou Harrison.

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Partch's parents, Virgil and Jennie (1888).Partch's parents, Virgil and Jennie (1888).Partch in 1919Partch in 1919Partch (center) directing four college students in rehearsalPartch (center) directing four college students in rehearsalThe Harry Partch Ensemble (2019).The Harry Partch Ensemble (2019).

Awards 3

1950Guggenheim Fellowship
1944Guggenheim Fellowship
1943Guggenheim Fellowship

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Harry Partch was an American composer, music theorist, and creator of unique musical instruments. He composed using scales of unequal intervals in just intonation, and was one of the first 20th-century composers in the West to work systematically with microtonal scales, alongside Lou Harrison. He built his own instruments in these tunings on which to play his compositions, and described the method behind his theory and practice in his book Genesis of a Music (1947).

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Country
United States
Category
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1901 to 1974 · aged 73
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27 languages

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