Partch in New Orleans

Gilmore (p.74) gives Partch's New Orleans address as 828 Camp Street.
By the way, I would strongly suggest that anyone with an interest in 20th century just intonation buy both the Gilmore biography and the paperback reprint of the second edition of Partch's "Genesis of a Music" before they go out of print the way "Bitter Music" has. They complement each other very well, in my opinion.

Maybe this could be set up as a center so that those wanting to could go to burn their 12 et compositions, on a volunteer basis as part of the pilgrimage after riding the rails from San Francisco to Chicago

"John F. Sprague" wrote:

> Gilmore (p.74) gives Partch's New Orleans address as 828 Camp Street.

-- Kraig Grady
North American Embassy of Anaphoria island
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John,

--- In tuning@y..., "John F. Sprague" <jsprague@d...> wrote:
> Gilmore (p.74) gives Partch's New Orleans address as 828 Camp
Street.

Yep.

> By the way, I would strongly suggest that anyone with an interest
in 20th century just intonation buy both the Gilmore biography and
the paperback reprint of the second edition of Partch's "Genesis of a
Music" before they go out of print the way "Bitter Music" has. They
complement each other very well, in my opinion.

Bitter Music is reissued in paper now. See:

http://www.corporeal.com/freshpix.html

Cheers,
Jon

I am reminded of an old Charles Addams cartoon (in the collection, "Drawn and Quartered") of a costumed Amerindian leading a small four-footed animal in what appears to be one of the many spectacular displays at the American Museum of Natural History in NYC. Two guards are conversing. One says to the other, "He would like permission to make a small sacrifice."

According to Gilmore, Partch may have burned his early 12 tet compositions as early as 1926 rather in New Orleans in 1930. Setting up any of his many addresses as a kind of altar would perhaps have both amused and horrified Partch, who was apparently only concerned that his work might survive and not that he would personally undergo some sort of pseudo-deification, no matter how much some of us who consider ourselves to be his disciples might feel that he deserves it.
Still, historical markers or plaques would seem appropriate if funds could be found. Partch was quite anathema to the sort of music museums where curious instruments could be seen but not played. Fortunately, this has not thus far been the fate of his instruments. Despite the modest notoriety he finally achieved during his lifetime, I suspect that he would be astonished that two major books have been printed about him, that more recordings than ever before are available, that several groups are still performing his pieces, that some of his instruments have been reproduced and that compositions are still being written using his scale.

>>> kraiggrady@anaphoria.com 04/24/01 10:51AM >>>
Maybe this could be set up as a center so that those wanting to could go to burn their 12 et compositions, on a volunteer basis as part of the pilgrimage after riding the rails from San Francisco to Chicago

"John F. Sprague" wrote:

> Gilmore (p.74) gives Partch's New Orleans address as 828 Camp Street.

-- Kraig Grady
North American Embassy of Anaphoria island
http://www.anaphoria.com

The Wandering Medicine Show
Wed. 8-9 KXLU 88.9 fm