Re : [tuning] Re: Partch Facsimile Scores with Schott

Jon,

this is all the information I have untill now:
http://www.schott-music.com/rep_fr_e.htm
It tells:
Six Poems by Li Po (1931-1933) , 8'
For 2 Intoning Voices - Adapted Viola - Chromelodeon
Facsimile Score ED 9342

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Eleven Poems by Li Po (1931-1933) , 20'
For 2 Intoning Voices - Adapted Viola - Chromelodeon
Facsimile Score ED 9336

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The Wayward (1941-1943) , 47'
A collection of musical compositions based on the spoken and written words
of hobos and other characters - the result of my wanderings in the western
part of the United States from 1935-41
For 2 Intoning Voices (baritone, bass) - Surrogate Kithara - Guitar III -
Chromelodeon - Diamond Marimba - Cello - Kithara - Kithara II - Subbasso -
Bass Marimba - Castor & Pollux - Spoils of War - Boo - Bari - Alto
Facsimile Score ED 9345

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Dark Brother (1942-1943) , 8'
A setting of two paragraphs from Thomas Wolfe's essay God's Lonely Man
For Intoning Voice - Chromelodeon - Kithara - Bass marimba - Adapted Viola
Facsimile Score: ED 9333

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Yankee Doodle Fantasy (1944) , 4'
A collection of musical compositions based on the spoken and written words
of hobos and other characters - the result of my wanderings in the western
part of the United States from 1935-41
for Intoning Voice (soprano) - Tin Flutes or Tin Oboes - Chromelodeon -
Flex-a-tone
Facsimile Score ED 9350

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Two Settings from Finnegan's Wake (James Joyce) (1944) , 6'
A collection of musical compositions based on the spoken and written words
of hobos and other characters - the result of my wanderings in the western
part of the United States from 1935-41
For Intoning Voice (Soprano) - Kithera - 2 Flutes
Facsimile Score ED 9346

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Ring around the Moon (1949-1950) , 9'
A Dance Fantasm for Here and Now
for Speaker - Guitar II - Kithara - Harmonic Canon - Chromelodeon I -
Chromelodeon Subbass - Bowls & 9/8 Eroica - Diamond Marimba - Bass Marimba
Facsimile Score ED 9340

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Summer 1955 (1955) ,
For Intoning Voices (2 soprano, low female voice, bass) - Violoncello -
Kithara II - Chromelodeon - Bass Marimba - Marimba Eroica - Surrogate
Kithara - Spoils of War - Harmonic Canon - Maramboo - Diatonic Model
Skindrums - Concert Model Skindrums - Trumpet in b - Doubble Bass - Clarinet
in b - Diamond Marimba - Bamboo - Marimba (Boo)
Facsimile Score ED 9353

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Bless this Home (1961) , 4'
Setting of an unpublished poem by Vicenzo Prockelo
For Intoning Voice - Oboe - Adapted Viola - Castor - Kithara I - Mazda
Marimba
Facsimile Score ED 9329

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--Wim Hoogewerf

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>De : "Jon Szanto" <JSZANTO@ADNC.COM>
>À : tuning@yahoogroups.com
>Objet : [tuning] Re: Partch Facsimile Scores with Schott
>Date : Dim 5 aoû 2001 18:24
>

> Wim
>
> --- In tuning@y..., "Wim Hoogewerf" <wim.hoogewerf@f...> wrote:
>> At the occasion of Partch's 100th Year of the birth, Schott has
>> published a facsimile edition of his scores.
>
> I have been tracking this since their first announcement, and have
> yet found a way to order them or get more information. No place I
> contacted had any idea. Have you actually gotten a hold of any of
> these? (seel below as well)
>
>> I don't know how difficult, or easy, it was to obtain copies of
>> Partch manuscripts until now, but it's certainly good to sea that
>> they become now *officially* available.
>
> Before now they were essentially unavailable, having never been
> published. For many reasons! But there is a caveat:
>
> A couple of people have seen preproduction proofs of the scores, and
> seeing that Schott didn't see fit to get any knowledgeable Partch
> scholar involved, there are apparantly numerous errors. These would
> be in the accompanying descriptions, instrumentation, etc, as the
> scores are simply reproductions of his manuscript.
>
> As of yet, Schott has not answered any of the contacts regarding the
> errors, essentially ignoring any input, and may either not care or
> don't want to be bothered with accuracy.
>
> Regards,
> Jon

Wim,

--- In tuning@y..., "Wim Hoogewerf" <wim.hoogewerf@f...> wrote:
> this is all the information I have untill now:
> http://www.schott-music.com/rep_fr_e.htm

Yes, that is the page I viewed a while ago, and even the material you
listed contains errors (not your fault!).

I will try to contact the person that Joe P. recommended, but I am
pretty disappointed in Schott at this point. I expected better from
a "world-class" publisher...

Regards,
Jon