Person

Harry Partch

Harry Partch (June 24, 1901 – September 3, 1974) 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…

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Artist details

Type
Person
Area
United States
Born
June 24th, 1901
Died
September 3rd, 1974
Genres
Labels
Tzadik
Columbia
Nonesuch
Innova Recordings
CBS Records Masterworks
Last updated: September 21st, 2018