Name: And On The Seventh Day Petals Fell In Petaluma
Brand: Harry Partch

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NW90002

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Limited Edition LP release (180g vinyl) with previously unpublished bonus tracks + free download card.

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2018-01-26

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0093229000210

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Harry Partch

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Modern Composition

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New world

Harry Partch (1901-1974) was a pioneering composer from Oakland, California. He is known for his innovative work with microtonal scales and his invention of unique instruments to perform his compositions.

Partch was one of the first composers in the Western world to systematically explore microtonality, which involves dividing the traditional 12-note scale into smaller intervals. His groundbreaking approach challenged conventional musical norms and expanded the possibilities of sound.

In addition to his musical innovations, Partch also gained recognition for designing and constructing his own instruments. These instruments were specifically designed to accommodate his microtonal compositions and included creations such as the "cloud chamber bowls" and the "chromelodeon." By building these instruments himself, Partch ensured that he had complete control over their capabilities and sound.

In late 1962 Harry Partch returned to California and began a project that would not only become the bones of a masterwork, Delusion of the Fury, but have a life of its own. In a too-small space within an abandoned Petaluma chick hatchery, Partch gathered the instruments he had designed and built?new and old?eager to once again expand the boundaries of his compositional fabric. He learned each individual part as he composed, establishing that it could be played. And on the Seventh Day Petals Fell in Petaluma (1963?64, rev. 1966) was born of his exploration and assembled with that minimum of players over a three-year period. With this album we revisit an important work and turningpoint, guided by the original Statement Partch wrote for the first commercial release of the piece. Previously only excerpted, it is a voicing of his beliefs that transcends one project to illuminate an entire purpose. We also reprise exquisite notes by the late Bob Gilmore, who distills and explains the story of Petals so clearly and eloquently. As a bonus, the label has dug into the archives and this package includes hidden gems including the last track?never before released?which brings Harry back to life, playing and recording Adapted Viola for one of the last times. "I was completely unaware of this recording until I examined the outtakes and it glows, fifty years on. That Petals ever came to be, like much of Partch?s story, stands somewhere between determination and miracle." Jon Szanto, The Harry Partch Foundation

And On The Seventh Day Petals Fell In Petaluma

Music GB