Partch on NPR!

hello all,

tonight in the car on the way home from work,
i was listening on the radio to KPBS, my local
San Diego affiliate of NPR.

the announcer advertized a program that will be
aired Sunday at 7:00 pm, called "American Mavericks".

well, as soon as i heard that title, you can imagine
who i thought of right away ... our old friend Harry.
in my mind, those two words *immediately* conjure up
his cranky old bearded face.

but then of course, the very next thought in my head
was, "no way ... a radio station this big would never
play Partch".

well, guess what? yep. the announcer said,
"featuring Charles Ives, Aaron Copeland, Harry Partch,
and many others ...".

so is Partch really making the big time now?
or is San Diego radio merely being hip enough
to pay homage to a local hero?

... you be the judge. ;-)

-monz

--- In tuning@yahoogroups.com, "monz" <monz@a...> wrote:

/tuning/topicId_45247.html#45247

> hello all,
>
>
> tonight in the car on the way home from work,
> i was listening on the radio to KPBS, my local
> San Diego affiliate of NPR.
>
> the announcer advertized a program that will be
> aired Sunday at 7:00 pm, called "American Mavericks".
>
> well, as soon as i heard that title, you can imagine
> who i thought of right away ... our old friend Harry.
> in my mind, those two words *immediately* conjure up
> his cranky old bearded face.
>
> but then of course, the very next thought in my head
> was, "no way ... a radio station this big would never
> play Partch".
>
> well, guess what? yep. the announcer said,
> "featuring Charles Ives, Aaron Copeland, Harry Partch,
> and many others ...".
>
> so is Partch really making the big time now?
> or is San Diego radio merely being hip enough
> to pay homage to a local hero?
>
> ... you be the judge. ;-)
>
>
>
> -monz

***No... basically they're running out of material... :)

I'm not trying to be cruel. This "American Mavericks" is one of the
projects of Minnesota Public Radio in conjunction with the American
Composers Forum and such like. We've been discussing the website
related to this:

http://www.musicmavericks.org/

It just happens to be some of the best radio programming around, so
it's not suprising that the national affiliates of NPR are picking it
up...

And, Monz, you may not be a fan of Aaron Copland, but you most
certainly know how to spell his name... :)

Joe

hi Joe,

> From: "Joseph Pehrson" <jpehrson@rcn.com>
> To: <tuning@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2003 7:50 PM
> Subject: [tuning] Re: Partch on NPR!
>
>
> <snip>
>
> And, Monz, you may not be a fan of Aaron Copland,

actually, i like a few of his pieces quite a bit,
and i really *love* _El Salon Mexico_ ... always
have, since the first time i heard it.

> but you most certainly know how to spell his name... :)

oops! you got me there!

-monz

--- In tuning@yahoogroups.com, "monz" <monz@a...> wrote:

> > And, Monz, you may not be a fan of Aaron Copland,

> actually, i like a few of his pieces quite a bit,
> and i really *love* _El Salon Mexico_ ... always
> have, since the first time i heard it.

Then there's this:
.
.
.
.
http://66.246.86.148/~xenharmo/ogg/grail/copland3/cops1a.ogg

>> actually, i like a few of his pieces quite a bit,
>> and i really *love* _El Salon Mexico_ ... always
>> have, since the first time i heard it.
>
>Then there's this:
>.
>http://66.246.86.148/~xenharmo/ogg/grail/copland3/cops1a.ogg

One either pulls something like this off or one doesn't.
I remain undecided as a listener of this. So far the only
pull-off of anthem-like pentatonicism for me was done by
Yes, on their track The Gates of Delirium.

The tuning is cool though. What is it?

-Carl

--- In tuning@yahoogroups.com, Carl Lumma <ekin@l...> wrote:
> >> actually, i like a few of his pieces quite a bit,
> >> and i really *love* _El Salon Mexico_ ... always
> >> have, since the first time i heard it.
> >
> >Then there's this:
> >.
> >http://66.246.86.148/~xenharmo/ogg/grail/copland3/cops1a.ogg
>
> One either pulls something like this off or one doesn't.
> I remain undecided as a listener of this. So far the only
> pull-off of anthem-like pentatonicism for me was done by
> Yes, on their track The Gates of Delirium.
>
> The tuning is cool though. What is it?

You can see it from the url: grail.