Harry Partch: A Biography

By Bob Gilmore

This engaging book is the first biography of one of the great ""originals"" of American classical music. It provides a full portrait of Harry Partch (1901-1974), a composer, theorist, and creator of musical instruments whose life and works were marginalized and unconventional, yet who had an enormous influence on later experimental composers.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300065213
• ISBN13: 9780300065213
• Release Date: June 1998
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.6"