This is a remaster and reissue of the double LP of the same name. This release sounds infintely better than previous editions, but lacks the third bonus LP of the CBS vinyl box set, entitled "The Instruments of Harry Partch", wherein all the instruments of Partch's orchestra are demonstrated.
Instruments:
Percussion
Marimba Eroica, Bass Marimba, Bamboo Marimba, Quadrangularis Reversum, Cloud-Chamber Bowls, Gourd Tree & Tone Gongs, Spoils of War, Zymo-Xyl, Cry-Chord, Boodongs, Harmonic Canon II, Bass Drum
Plucked Strings
Harmonic Canon I, Kithara I, Kithara II, Adapted Guitars I & II, Koto
Sustained-Tone Instruments
Chromelodeons I & II, Korean Piri
Hand instruments, carried & played by Chorus
Formosan Drum, East Indian Drum, Japanese Pancake Drums, Ugumbo (Zulu), Bamboo Claves, Eucalyptus Claves, Drone Devils (Jewsharps), Chinese Cymbal (borrowed), American Sled Cymbal (borrowed), Bamboo Ceremonial Poles (bounced on rocks), Bolivian Double Flute, Belly Drums, Thumb Piano, Gourd Drum, Fiji Rhythm Boat & Gubagabi
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