Movies: Harry Partch
- 2002
The Outsider: The Story of Harry Partch (2002)
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A documentary about avant-garde composer Harry Partch....
- 1994
Musical Outsiders: An American Legacy (1994)
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American composers have long struggled against the momentum of the Western European classical tradition and the prestige it has held in America's cultural life. "I did not want to have any stricture at all, I wanted to be completely free." So spoke H...
- 1969
The Instruments Of Harry Partch (1969)
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The CBS LP of "Delusion of the Fury" came with a bonus album of Harry Partch introducing his instruments. Unavailable for years, this short film features this talk along with a slideshow of the instruments....
- 1972
The Dreamer That Remains: A Portrait of Harry Partch (1972)
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The Dreamer That Remains is a documentary produced by Betty Freeman and directed by Stephen Pouliot in 1972. Here is the director’s original cut along with his commentary. If you’ve never seen Partch or his instruments before, this is the place to st...
- 1961
Rotate the Body in All Its Planes (1961)
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A short film with soundtrack by Harry Partch: a ballet for gymnasts....
- 1968
Music Of Harry Partch (1968)
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KEBS/KPBS-TV (San Diego) documentary about Harry Partch....
- 1971
Delusion of the Fury: A Ritual of Dream and Delusion (1971)
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Conjoined fables are told, one Japanese, the other African, a ghost story colliding with farcical folklore....
- 1970
Vestigios (1970)
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Documentary about pre-Columbian art whose aesthetic and utilitarian values are intimately related to its myths and history....
- 1963
U.S. Highball (1963)
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Harry Partch and his ensemble perform a dramatized account of riding the rails during the Depression on a transcontinental hobo trip from California to Chicago....
- 1981
Barstow (1981)
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A 1981 staged production of Harry Partch's hitch-hiker piece, Barstow....
- 1958
Windsong (1958)
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The ancient Greek legend of Daphne and Apollo, transported to Lake Michigan....
- 1972
Making Rose Petal Jam (1972)
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If you ever wondered how a simple recipe for rose petal jam could turn into a hobo dance and a diatribe about music critics, you are in for a treat....
- 2006
Castor and Pollux (2006)
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A 2006 choreographed performance of Harry Partch's "Castor and Pollux"....
- 1961
Revelation in the Courthouse Park (1961)
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A daring fusion of current (circa 1960) pop idolatry with parallel (only a little more sinister) scenes of Ancient Greece. Based on the 'Bacchae of Euripides'....
- 1958
Music Studio: Harry Partch (1958)
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Partch takes the viewer on a tour of his Chicago home, and plays his microtonal instruments. Includes his demonstration of how the soundtrack for Windsong was made. "Music Studio" is about Partch and the many instruments he invented for the performa...