HARRY PARTCH
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HARRY PARTCH
サンディエゴに住み、ヨーロピアン修士号と伝統的なブルジュアによるコンサートホールでのパフォーマンスに拒絶反応し続けたハリ−・パーチ ( Harry Partch ) には、アメリカ人の作曲家、オペラ劇作家、哲学者、出版社、記録的なディストリビュータ、教師、風刺作家、インストゥルメント・ビルダーとデザイナー、彫刻家、器具修理工、およびチューナー、理論家、実験主義者、聖像破壊者、独学のミュージシャン(打楽器奏者)、ビオラ奏者、コンダクター、
HARRY PARTCH / THE WORLD OF HARRY PARTCH ( MA 7202 )
著述家、リタイアした浮浪者、船員、下水道クリーナー、皿洗いと台所おべっか使い、コメディアン、放浪者、名高いPercussive Arts Society Hole、落書家のメンバーなどなどの肩書きがある。ハリー・パーチはカリフォルニアのオークランドで生まれ、彼の両親は中国の長老教会派の宣教師で1900年の " 義和団の乱（Boxer Rebellion) " に耐え忍び、彼が2
歳の時にアリゾナに帰国し、14歳以後は少数民族・ネイティブの住むゲットー、ハワイ、中西部、南カリフォルニアと１ケ所に定住することなく各地を点々と移り住んでいる。彼が浮浪者（渡り労働者）と呼ばれる所以か。29歳の時にアメリカの近代以降の音楽がヨーロッパの慣習と流儀にもとづいた単なる模写に過ぎないと感じ、" tyranny of the piano ( ピアノの圧制 ) " から逃れるために トーン・スケールで書いた14年間の譜面をストーブで燃やしている。非西洋の偏見のない自然なスタイルを持つヨーロピアン・トラディショナル・ミュージックや、古代の社会や民衆のあいだで生まれた儀礼や芸能、身体の躍動感や言葉の力がダイレクトに反映された " 身体の音楽" に惹かれて行った。'40年代後半にはより広いオーケストレーショナルなパレットを持つ調和とメロディック・セオリーをサポートするためのインストゥルメントとパフォーマーのための、新しい機械の組み立てとデザインを始めた。パーチの奇妙な美しい器具、膝の間で演奏される拡張指板ヴィオラ " Adapted Viola " や古代ギリシャの竪琴のようなKitharas I & II、マルチトーンが拡張可能な足踏みオルガン" two Chromelodeons " 、演奏する者の立ち位置と場所に関係する片端で閉じられた空洞の竹列による " Diamond Marimba " や " Bass Marimba " 、 ガラス棒による弦楽器 " Surrogate Kithara " 、などなどオリジナルで " へんてこな " 楽器 や、ステージデザインで使われるスカルプチャー ( 彫刻 ) は、すべて彼のオーケストラの為に組み立てた甘美な音色を持つ楽器 ( 器具 ) だ。彼の作品には声をテーマにしたものが多いが、そうした四十三音音階の微分音程は、英語の持つ話し言葉にみられるアクセントや抑揚、リズムを音律として体系化したものだ。彼にとっては声もひとつの " へんてこな" 楽器だったのかも。彼の音楽には、中国や日本、東南アジア、インドネシア、アメリカンネイティブなどの民族音楽が、エキゾチックに、ようしゃなく折衷主義的にごちゃまぜにされているが、しかしどの曲にもその底辺にはセピア色の50年代的ノスタルジアの感情が流れている。また生涯一匹狼で空想家だったハリー・パーチは " 音楽のドン・キホーテ" と呼ばれ、騒ぎを引き起こす人、および聖像破壊者、統合失調症患者、複雑さの固まりなどと言われていて、ジョン・ケージと比較されるのを極端に嫌っていた " 私はケージとは似ていません。ケージが必要とするのは、ゴングと人参とジューサーと歯ブラシだけです" と語っている。なによりも自由人であることを尊び、すべての支配的な態度や伝統に唾棄し、抑圧されることを嫌悪していた ( いいね。しかし、こういう存在いなくなったね ) 。
Harry Partch - BBC Documentary - Part 1 of 6
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cKnTj2cyNQ
**Part 1 of a documentary about the composer Harry Partch who invented his own compositional method using a 43-tone scale and many instruments that he built by hand.
ここのところ2、3年、にわかにハリー・パーチが注目され始めている。ひとつはレディオヘッドが彼に関する歌を書き、それをあざけバカにしたロサンゼルス出身のミュージシャン・シンガーソングライター、ベック・ハンセン ( Beck Hansen ) が、彼らに対する返答のような形で'77年のStephen
Pouliotのドキュメンタリー " The Dreamer That Remains: A Portrait of Harry Partch " の映像をミュージック・ヴィデオに使い、パーチの43トーンスケールを使ったオルタナティヴな曲 " Harry Partch " を提供している ( 彼の母親ビブ・ハンセンの北欧に住む母方の祖父は、前衛芸術家集団フルクサスのメンバーであるアル・ハンセンだが、そうした影響からか ) 。2003年にはTomatoレーベルから'87年のフィラデルフィアでのライヴが収録されたハリー・パーチの " The American Music Theater Festival Production of Harry Partch's Revelation in the Courthouse Park " というベストライヴCDがリリースされてもいる。この作品が意図するものは古代ギリシアの音楽と劇場に関するパーチの見解、偶像崇拝の溶融でもあるという。70年代にボクはハリー・パーチの自然な音の共鳴(純正律)の原則や身体の音楽、メロディックな倍音の可能性を広げるための25個以上の器具、および多数の小さい手用創作楽器の組立て、ギリシャ神話から楽劇、ダンス劇場、マルチメディア狂想曲、声楽、および室内楽を横断する活動を、ポストモダンやフルクサス的解釈で聴いていたが、それ以上に同時代の人間から切り離れた彼の偶像破壊の、支配的な伝統への反抗、すべての権威に対する唾棄の態度と，個人主義に徹する生き方になによりも共鳴していた。
BECK - "HARRY PARTCH"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkQ5_AOLJ1A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5xhpIFxi7M
http://pitchfork.com/news/37147-beck-writes-song-about-harry-partch/
パーチ晩年に収録されたるベティー・フリーマン制作のドキュメンタリー映画 " The Dreamer that Remains " 。
Harry's rosepetals jam
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCWpn5Lndsg
**he Dreamer that remains
HARRY PARTCH / THE WORLD OF HARRY PARTCH ( MA 7202 )
side 1: Daphne Of the Dunes
[Adapted Viola, Spoils of War, Kithara II, Gourd Tree, Surrogate Kithara, Diamond Marinba, Harmonic Canons II and III, Boo(Bamboo Marimba), Chromelodeon I, Bass Marimba, Cloud-Chamber Bowls, Pre-record Tape, ( note: no more than four instruments are used simultaneously )
]
Performer:
Harry Partch
adapted viola - Frank Berberich, Gary Coleman, Dean Drummond, Richard Lapore, John McAllister, Robert McCormick, Todd Miller, Emil Richards, Michael Ranta, Linda Schell
side 2:
1. Barstow - Eight Hitchhiker Inscriptions From A Highway Railing
at Barstow, California
[ Surrogate Kithara, Chromelodeon I, Diamond Marimba, Boo ]
Harry Partch and John Stannard,
voices; John McAllister, Danlee Mitchell, Michael Ranta, Linda Schell
2. Castor & Pollux - A Dance for The Rhythms of Gemini From Plectra & Percussion Dances
Castor:
[ 1. Leda and the Swan ( Kithara II, Surrogate Kithara, and Cloud-Chamber Bowls ]
[ 2. Conception ( Harmonic Canon II and High Bass Marimba ]
[ 3. Incubation ( Diamond Marimba and Low Bass Marimba ]
[ 4. Chorus of Delivery From the Egg ( all the foregoing instruments ) ]
Pollux:
[ 1. Leda and the Swan ( Kithara II, Surrogate Kithara, and Low Bass Marimba ) ]
[ 2. Conception ( Harmonic Canon II and Cloud-Chamber Boels ) ]
[ 3. Incubation ( Diamond Marimba and High Bass Marimba ) ]
[ 4. Chorus of Delivery From the Egg ( All the foregoing instruments ) ]
Gary Coleman, Dean Drummond, John McAllister, Danlee Mitchell, Emil Richards, Michael Ranta, Linda Schell
composed by Harry Partch
condacted by Danlee Mitchell
under the supervision of the composer
engineered by Ed Michalski, Edward T. Graham
photography: Don Hunstein
artwork : Ira Friedlander
produced by John McClure
**"The work that I have been doing these many years parallels much in the attitudes and actions of primitive man. He found sound-magic in the common materials around him. He then proceeded to make the vehicle, the instrument, as visually beautiful as he could. Finally, he involved the sound-magic and the visual beauty in his everyday words and experiences, his ritual and drama, in order to lend greater meaning to his life. This is my trinity: sound-magic, visual beauty, experience-ritual." -Harry Partch
COLUMBIA 1969
ダンスのために書かれた変化する風のような音響。触覚に感じる音響。彼の創作したへんてこな楽器は舞台装置の1部であり、コラージュされたそれらは魔法のような音響の物語。
the music of harry partch part1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOHBqFevy0k
the music of harry partch part2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv3S6eacR6U
the music of harry partch part3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g01kx_68ih0
the music of harry partch part4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=br4I6OuDLYY
Daphne of the Dunes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YIOZexovcc
**Daphne of the Dunes
Music by Harry Partch
Performed live by Newband
Staging, Costume Design and Choreography
by Alice Farley
Barstow Eight Hitchhiker Inscriptions from a Highway Railing at Barstow, California Harry Partch conducted by Danlee Mitchell
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTJSzfgcgPE
harry partch barstow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aw3SN3O4OJ0
Partch- Castor & Pollux (1/2)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ig0yQuvkrg
****An ensemble piece by Harry Partch. The full name of the piece is "Castor & Pollux: A Dance for the Twin Rhythms of Gemini from Plectra and Percussion Dances", which, IMO, is a bit excessive, and didn't quite fit in the title box. It's actually meant to be a dance piece, and here is the instrumentation =P
Kithara II, Surrogate Kithara, Cloud-Chamber Bowls, Harmonic Canon II, High Brass Marimba, Low Brass Marimba, and Diamond Marimba.
What else were you expecting? A violin?
Partch- Castor & Pollux (2/2)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EQVrGOLMEg
HARRY PARTCH / DELUSION OF THE FURY - A RITUAL OF DREAM AND DELUSION ( M2 30576 )
record I -
side 1: 1. Exordium: The Beginning Of A Web
adapted viola - Harry Partch
Exordium - On a Beginning of a Web
ACT -I - On a japanese Theme
1. Chorus of Shadows
2. The Pilgrimage
side 2:
ACT - On a Japanese Theme
3. Emergence Of The Spirit
4. A Son In Search Of His Father's Face
5. Cry From Another Darkness
6. Pray For Me
side 3:
SANCTUS; An Entr'acte
ACT II - On An African Theme
1. The Quiet Hobo Meal
2. The Lost Kid
3. Time Of Fun Together
side 4:
ACT II - On an African Theme
4. The Misunderstanding
5. Arrest, Trial And Judgement (Joy In The Marketplace!)
6. Pray For Me Again
A STRANGE FEAR!
bolivian double flute, ugumbo percussion, waving drums, bamboo, claves - Harry Partch
produced by John McClure
Harry Partch: Delusion Of The Fury
A Ritual of Dream and Delusion
an ensemble of unique instruments conducted by Danlee Mitchell under the supervision of the composer
engineers: Jack Latting, Ed Michalski
album cover photo: Ted Tourtelot
instrument photos: Danlee Mitchell
design: Nancy Donald / V. Team
special thanks for courtesies extended by San Diego State College and the Harry Partch Foundation
CBS MASTERWORKS 1971
'63-'69年に書かれた25個のmicrotonal instrumentsと、歌手、パントマイム、ダンサー、およびミュージシャンによって展開される物語り ( ステージ・ワーク ) が収録されたもの。
Harry Partch - Delusions of the fury Pt1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6buNHKzS-Nc
**"In his long-awaited masterwork, "Delusion of the Fury: A ritual of dream an delusion", he rises above all attempts at descriptive containment and becomes quite simple heroic. "Delusion of the Fury," proceeding from tragedy to comedy, is nothing less than the full, ritualistic expression, in vocal, instrumental and corporeal terms, of the reconciliation by the living both with death and with life. It is a total Partch statement, incorporating voices, mime, his celebrated instruments, dance, lighting and staging, all working to express this philosophical concept." -Eugene Paul
"STATEMENT : Words cannot proxy for the experience of knowing -- of seeing and hearing. The concept of this work inheres in the presence of the instruments on stage, the movements of musicians and chorus, the sounds they produce, the actuality of actors, of singers, of mimes, of lights; in fine, the actuality of truly integrated theater. These introductory pages consist largely of technical data. They contain no argument, no exposition. I feel that the only investigation that has genuine integrity is the seen and heard performance." -Harry Partch
Harry Partch - Delusions of the fury Pt2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sT2R_n8YwKU
Harry Partch - Delusions of the fury Pt3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfpBPii5gOo
Harry Partch - Delusions of the fury Pt8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vDvLdAotsU
Partch: "Exordium"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDdwOCdiffI
***Harry Partch, Exordium from Delusion of the Fury (1965-66)
the music of harry partch part1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOHBqFevy0k
**1968 San Diego KPBS-TV documentary called The Music of Harry Partch. Partch shows off his instruments and gives a performance of Daphne of the Dunes conducted by Thomas Nee.
******
Part 1 of 3 - Harry Partch and his Strange Musical Instruments
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8unoRnzcPE
Part 2 of 3 - Harry Partch and his Strange Musical Instruments
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytN-9Uuuj3M
Part 3 of 3 - Harry Partch and his Strange Musical Instruments
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6EGM_sER3k
*****Written from 1963-1969, this stage work in two parts is for singers, mimes, dancers and musicians playing on 25 of the beautiful microtonal instruments designed and built over the years by this legendary composer who was the first thinker on tuning theory in centuries (see his famous book Genesis of a Music, an exposition on his theories and instruments). The stage set is made up of the instruments themselves, mostly tuned to Partch's 43-tone scale; the instrumentalists may also take over the roles of singing if the mimes and dancers are not musical in that way (and much of the text is vocables, "oh-ah" etc.). The whole experience is akin to ancient ritual theater, as new as it is old.
The beginning music which takes the place of an overture is called an "Exordium," the beginning of a statement or "web" to entice the listener. The music begins slowly, somewhat like a Noh drama, with high and low bell-like sounds from the Cloud Chamber Bowls, strumming sounds and strange bending tones. Then simple rhythm, almost a folk tune begins. Another section somewhat like double-speed gamelan music takes over, with slow chords underlining the fast patterns. Staged in an indefinite ancient time, the story of Act One is taken from a classic Japanese Noh play in which a prince is again making a pilgrimage to expiate the sin of having killed another prince in battle; he meets the dead man's ghost and together they relive the death scene. Eventually, realizing they cannot keep repeating this conversation again and again, they come to a reconciliation, the dead with the living ("You are not my enemy"), the living with the dead ("Pray for me"), and that is the theme of Act One. A "Sanctus" is both a postlude to Act One and a prelude to Act Two.
A different mood, that of a farce, follows the tragedy of Act One. The story is based on a jolly West African tale of comical misunderstandings -- a woman approaches a deaf hobo asking if he has seen her kid, the hobo motions her to leave which she thinks is the direction of the lost child. She finds the kid, returns to thank the hobo who now thinks she is accusing him of stealing. The local villagers make both of them appear before the justice of the peace. The judge is also deaf and also nearsighted, who gets confused by the mimed arguments and finally tells the hobo to take his "young wife" and child home. The villagers laugh ("Oh, how did we ever get by without justice?"), a storm comes up, clearing the stage. Offstage we hear the voice from Act One singing "Pray for me, pray for me again." A reconciliation with death in Act One, a reconciliation with life in Act Two; the music of the "Exordium" is repeated and the ritual concludes. ~ "Blue" Gene Tyranny, All Music Guide
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HARRY PARTCH / THE BEWITCHED ( SD 304 )
The Bewitched
A: Prologue - The Lost Musicians Mix Magic
B: 1. Scene 1 - Three Undergrads Become Transfigured In A Hong Kong Music Hall
2. Scene 2 - Exercises In Harmony And Counterpoint Are Tried In A Court Of Ancient Ritual
3. Scene 3 - The Romancing Of A Pathological Liar Comes To An Inspired End
C: 1. Scene 4 - A Soul Tormented By Contemporary Music Finds A Humanizing Alchemy
2. Scene 5 - Visions Fill The Eyes Of A Defeated Basketball Team In The Shower Room
3. Scene 6 - Euphoria Descends A Sausalito Stairway
4. Scene 7 - Two Detectives On The Tail Of A Tricky Culprit Turn In Their Badge
D: 1. Scene 8 - A Court In Its Own Contempt Rises To A Motherly Apotheosis
2. Scene 9 - A Lost Political Soul Finds Himself Among The Voteless Women Of Paradise
3. Scene 10 - The Cognoscenti Are Plunged Into A Demonic Descent While At Cocktails
percussion [cloud chamber bowls] - George Andrix
percussion [kithara left side] - Jan Bach
percussion [kithara right side] - Sanford Berry
percussion [spoils of war] - Michael Donzella
percussion [surrogate kithara], gong - Jack McKenzie
bass marimba - Warren Smith
diamond marimba - Danlee Mitchell
eroica marimba, voice, chorus leader - William Olson
boo percussion, bamboo marimba - Thomas Gauger
clarinet - Warren Birkett
bass clarinet - Joseph Firrantello
cello - Peter Farrell
piccolo flute - Charles Delaney
harmonic canon zither - Barbara Grammar , Georgi Mayer
koto - Carol Zuckerberg
chromelodeon organ - Herbert Bielawa
the witch vocals - Freda Schell
chorus - The Chorus Of Lost Musicians
orchestra - The University Of Illinois Musical Ensemble
conductor - John Garvey
recorded by Lyle Dahms
artwork by Cecile Gray Bazelon
supervisor - Harry Partch
produced by Carter Harman
recorded by Gate 5 Records at the University of Illinois at the university's Champaign-Urbana campus in 1957.
*originally released in a condensed version on Gate 5 Records
COMPOSERS RECORDINGS INC. ( CRI ) 1973
記憶に残っているのは、このアルバムは他の作品と違って、とてもノスタルジックなヴォーカルが挿入されていて，全体的にはとてもモダンなサウンドスケープだったと思う。というのも今回倉庫を整理していたら、このアルバムと " And On the Seventh Day petals Feel in Petaluma " が見当たらなく紛失していたからだ。ボクは聴いたレコードはすぐに関心がなくなり、当時は誰でも聴けるように編集室に置きっぱなしにして開放していたので、行方不明になったレコードが少なからずある。残念だが仕方ないのでDiscogsからジャケット写真などを使わせてもらった。
HARRY PARTCH / AND ON THE SEVENTH DAY PETALS FELL IN PETALUMA ( CRI 213 )
A: Verses 1 To 17
B: Verses 17 To 34
composed and directed by Harry Partch
performer - Gate 5 Ensemble
COMPOSERS RECORDINGS INC. ( CRI ) 1966
Harry Partch - 'US Highball' 1955 - Part One
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMqXP56bMhY
**'US Highball-A Musical Account of a Transcontinental Hobo Trip' 1955. Performed by the Gate 5 Ensemble.
Harry Partch - 'US Highball' 1955 - Part Two
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADpUkNdHscQ
Harry Partch - 'US Highball' 1955 - Part Three
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G70QJO6wzbg
HARRY PARTCH
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=HARRY+PARTCH+&search_type=&aq=f
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HARRY PARTCH / REVELATION IN THE COURTHOUSE PARK ( TOM 3004 )
1-1. Chorus One
1-2. Scene One
1-3. Chorus Two
1-4. Scene Two
1-5. Chorus Three
2-1. Scene Three
2-2. Chorus Four
2-3. Scene Four
2-4. Coda
written by Harry Partch
composed by Harry Partch
conductor: Danlee Mitchell
engineer: Tom Lazarus
directed by Jiri Zizka
produced by Eric Salzman
executive producer: Kevin Eggers
recprded on October 12, 1987 at the Great Hall at the University of the Arts on Philadelphia, PA as part of the American Music Theater Festival
TOMATO 2003
'87年のアーツ・オブ・フィラデルフィア大学ホールでのライヴ盤。音楽と劇場に関するパーチの見解は独特で、ひとつの抽象的な音楽劇を展開するようなパフォーマンスだった。当時としてはレコードに録音された音楽よりも、ライヴを重要視する非常に珍しいアーティストだった。こうしたことも、ロック的といえば言えなくもない。
Harry Partch - Revelation in The Courthouse Park After The Bacchae of Euripides
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bd_fNJ6UFR4