© · @coryniday
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#HarryPartch was an American #composer #musictheorist, and #creator of #unique #musical #instruments. He composed using scales of #unequal #intervals in just #intonation, & was one of the first 20th-century composers in the West to work systematically with #microtonal scales, alongside #LouHarrison, he built his own instruments in these #tunings on which to play his #compositions, & described the method behind his theory & practice in his book #GenesisofaMusic (1947).
#genesisofamusic #compositions #tunings #louharrison #microtonal #Intonation #intervals #unequal #instruments #Musical #unique #creator #musictheorist #composer #harrypartch
© · @coryniday
89 followers · 435 posts · Server mstdn.social#HarryPartch was an American #composer #musictheorist, and #creator of #unique #musical #instruments. He composed using scales of #unequal #intervals in just #intonation, & was one of the first 20th-century composers in the West to work systematically with #microtonal scales, alongside #LouHarrison, he built his own instruments in these #tunings on which to play his #compositions, & described the method behind his theory & practice in his book #GenesisofaMusic (1947).
#genesisofamusic #compositions #tunings #louharrison #microtonal #Intonation #intervals #unequal #instruments #Musical #unique #creator #musictheorist #composer #harrypartch
