From a program originally broadcast in 1956, avant-garde composer Harry Partch discusses receiving notoriety for using a scale of 43 separate tones, and for his original instruments, with additional references to his "Genesis of a Music". There is also a brief introduction to, and then the playing of, Partch’s "Twelve Intrusions," the recording of which is played by five musicians under Partch's direction. The pieces are: “Study in an Ancient Phrygian Scale”, “Study in the Ancient Greek Enharmonic Scale”, “The Rose”, “The Crane”, “The Wind”, “The Waterfall”, “The Letter”, “The Street”, “Vanity”, “Lover”, “Soldiers/War/Another War”, and “Chamber Music”. “Plectra & Percussion Dances” is the final piece and includes three sections: “Castor and Pollux”, “Ring Around the Moon”, and “Even Wild Horses”. |
