3 Dec
2014
3 Dec
'14
4:35 p.m.
On Tue, 2 Dec 2014, Cris Moore wrote:
care to recommend a particular piece? - cris
On Dec 2, 2014, at 10:58 PM, Scott Huddleston <c.scott.huddleston@gmail.com> wrote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Partch's_43-tone_scale (43, apparently, not 44). Only heard on Internet recordings, not live.
I'm fond of Barstow, a cantata (?) based on eight hitchhiker graffiti collected in 1941 from under a bridge in Barstow. Here's a performance on the original instruments Partch built to play in his peculiar scale: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-Z511Ataqs -- Tom Duff. Ever feel like you're living an episode of "Get Smart"?