Movies: Harry Partch

  • 2002
    The Outsider: The Story of Harry Partch

    The Outsider: The Story of Harry Partch (2002)

    The Outsider: The Story of Harry Partch

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    A documentary about avant-garde composer Harry Partch....

    The Outsider: The Story of Harry Partch
  • 1994
    Musical Outsiders: An American Legacy

    Musical Outsiders: An American Legacy (1994)

    Musical Outsiders: An American Legacy

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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...

    Musical Outsiders: An American Legacy
  • 1969
    The Instruments Of Harry Partch

    The Instruments Of Harry Partch (1969)

    The Instruments Of Harry Partch

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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....

    The Instruments Of Harry Partch
  • 1972
    The Dreamer That Remains: A Portrait of Harry Partch

    The Dreamer That Remains: A Portrait of Harry Partch (1972)

    The Dreamer That Remains: A Portrait of Harry Partch

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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...

    The Dreamer That Remains: A Portrait of Harry Partch
  • 1961
    Rotate the Body in All Its Planes

    Rotate the Body in All Its Planes (1961)

    Rotate the Body in All Its Planes

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    A short film with soundtrack by Harry Partch: a ballet for gymnasts....

    Rotate the Body in All Its Planes
  • 1968
    Music Of Harry Partch

    Music Of Harry Partch (1968)

    Music Of Harry Partch

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    KEBS/KPBS-TV (San Diego) documentary about Harry Partch....

    Music Of Harry Partch
  • 1971
    Delusion of the Fury: A Ritual of Dream and Delusion

    Delusion of the Fury: A Ritual of Dream and Delusion (1971)

    Delusion of the Fury: A Ritual of Dream and Delusion

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    Conjoined fables are told, one Japanese, the other African, a ghost story colliding with farcical folklore....

    Delusion of the Fury: A Ritual of Dream and Delusion
  • 1970
    Vestigios

    Vestigios (1970)

    Vestigios

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    Documentary about pre-Columbian art whose aesthetic and utilitarian values are intimately related to its myths and history....

    Vestigios
  • 1963
    U.S. Highball

    U.S. Highball (1963)

    U.S. Highball

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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....

    U.S. Highball
  • 1981
    Barstow

    Barstow (1981)

    Barstow

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    A 1981 staged production of Harry Partch's hitch-hiker piece, Barstow....

    Barstow
  • 1958
    Windsong

    Windsong (1958)

    Windsong

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    The ancient Greek legend of Daphne and Apollo, transported to Lake Michigan....

    Windsong
  • 1972
    Making Rose Petal Jam

    Making Rose Petal Jam (1972)

    Making Rose Petal Jam

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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....

    Making Rose Petal Jam
  • 2006
    Castor and Pollux

    Castor and Pollux (2006)

    Castor and Pollux

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    A 2006 choreographed performance of Harry Partch's "Castor and Pollux"....

    Castor and Pollux
  • 1961
    Revelation in the Courthouse Park

    Revelation in the Courthouse Park (1961)

    Revelation in the Courthouse Park

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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'....

    Revelation in the Courthouse Park
  • 1958
    Music Studio: Harry Partch

    Music Studio: Harry Partch (1958)

    Music Studio: Harry Partch

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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...

    Music Studio: Harry Partch