PARTCH, Harry

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NY: Broadcast Music, Inc., [1968]. Booklet: 19pp; b&w illus. Saddle-stapled in illustrated wraps. Program: Single sheet, 8-1/2 x 7 in., printed recto only. Both very good, with lig ht wear and toning. Two pieces of ephemera related to maverick American composer Harry Partch (1901-1974), noted for his unique hand-constructed instruments and groundbreaking embrace of microtonal tuning scales. The BMI catalog contains excerpted writings about Partch, black-and-white photographs, a chronological list of compositions, etc. The single-sheet program was for a concert, "The Music and Instruments of Harry Partch," held in New York at the International Music Congress in September 1968. Show more