[tuning] Hanson, Barzun, Partch (was: Exposition of Monophony)

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> From: <jpehrson@rcn.com>
> To: <tuning@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 12:34 PM
> Subject: [tuning] Re: Exposition of Monophony
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> Did Howard Hanson review the Partch book? What did he think of it?
> I think of Hanson as being a rather conservative composer. After
> attending his school, it even reinforced my opinion...

Kassel 1996 documents that Partch submitted his earliest known
JI composition, a string quartet from the late 1920s, to Hanson
in hopes of a performance. It is now lost, and apparently
Partch didn't have it to hand when _Genesis_ was first published
in 1949, because he mentions it and says nothing else about it.

A side note: I find it really encouraging that an intellect
of the stature of Barzun has embraced Partch and his work
so sympathetically. I have found Partch's name mentioned
several different times in Barzun's work.

Barzun's latest book was the jumping-off point for a fantastic
lecture I attended at UCSD a couple of months ago given
by Chou wen-Chung. (I posted something about it here then.)
AFAIK, Barzun is still alive, and very old.

-monz
http://www.monz.org
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Monz,

--- In tuning@y..., "monz" <joemonz@y...> wrote:
> A side note: I find it really encouraging that an intellect
> of the stature of Barzun has embraced Partch and his work
> so sympathetically. I have found Partch's name mentioned
> several different times in Barzun's work.

Barzun was a long-time supporter, a quote from him being included in
the first print ads for the original publication of "Genesis" (yes,
we are officially in "Minutia" territory now...).

> AFAIK, Barzun is still alive, and very old.

Yes, and that latest book, "From Dawn to Decadence: 1500 To The
Present -- 500 Years of Western Cultural Life" is both a great read
and a surprise best-seller last year. Includes a good mention of
Partch as well.

Cheers,
Jon