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New Note in Music, A (Harry Partch at Mills College)

by: Universal Newsreel

Topics: music, modernism, avant-garde, experimental, Harry Partch, Mills College, instrumenta

Universal Newsreel story (undated) showing Harry Partch conducting a student performance of his music on his instruments at Mills College, Oakland, California, probably late 1950s.

Addeddate: 2011-02-28 20:48:28

Ccnum: asr

Closed captioning: yes

Color: color

Ia_orig__runtime: 1 minutes 44 seconds

Identifier: NewNoteInMusicAharryPartchAtMillsCollege

Run time: 1:44

Sound: sound

Whisper_asr_module_version: 20230805.01

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Reviewer: dondoman - - December 7, 2013
Subject: Partch

He's well known amongst musicians - especially percussionists. A great man ahead of his time.

Reviewer: Spuzz - - May 25, 2012
Subject: Bong Bong

Interesting piece on a guy looking for alternate forms of music. Watching this, I can see some modern day instruments that were taken from these experiments.

Reviewer: ERD. - - March 20, 2011
Subject: Interesting novelty

Interesting, but not well remembered today.

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