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Arts and Sciences Perspectives: Celebrating an Inventive Composer

Submitted by Joanne De Pue on April 27, 2015 - 5:14pm

Research Associate Chuck Corey plays the Diamond Marimba, hand-built by Harry Partch. Photo: ISAIAH BROOKSHIRE

A marimba sized for a giant. Suspended glass domes, artfully arranged. A Chromelodeon, a Kithara, and a Harmonic Canon.  These are just a few of the one-of-a-kind instruments that inventive composer Harry Partch (1901-1974) created to bring his music to life. 

Read more in the April issue of Arts and Sciences Perspectives.

 

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