Harry Partch – The Harry Partch Collection Volume 1

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Label:	Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI) – CD 751
Series:	The Harry Partch Collection – Volume 1
Format:	CD, Compilation
Country:	US
Released:	1997
Genre:	Classical
Style:	Modern Classical, Experimental

Tracklist

	Eleven Intrusions (1949-50)	(21:07)
1	Study On Olympos' Pentatonic	1:20
2	Study On Archytas' Enharmonic	2:02
3	The Rose	1:42
4	The Crane	1:41
5	The Waterfall	1:11
6	The Wind	1:45
7	The Street	2:46
8	Lover	1:53
9	Soldiers - War - Another War	2:03
10	Vanity	0:49
11	Cloud-Chamber Music	3:55
	Plectra And Percussion Dances (Satyr-Play Music For Dance Theater) (1952)
	Castor & Pollux - A Dance For The Twin Rhythms Of Gemini	(15:23)
12	Castor	7:41
13	Pollux	7:42
	Ring Around The Moon - A Dance Fantasm For Here And Now	(9:22)
14	Phase One - Well, Bless My Soul! (Well, Bless My Soul!)	2:48
15	Phase Two - One, Two, Three - X,Y,Z	2:13
16	Phase Three - Shake Hands Now, Boys, And At The Sound Of The Bell Come Out Fighting!	2:55
17	Phase Four - Mumbo Jumbo, Hocus Pocus, Hoity Toity, Hotsy Totsy, Acey Deucy, Hoochy-Koochy (Look Out! He's Got A Gun!)	1:26
	Even Wild Horses - Dance Music For An Absent Drama	(22:46)
18	Act I, Scene 1 A Decent And Honorable Mistake (Samba)	2:42
19	Act I, Scene 2 Rhythm Of The Womb - Melody Of The Grave (Heartbeat Rhythm)	3:00
20	Act I, Scene 3 Happy Birthday To You! (Afro-Chinese Minuet)	2:47
21	Act II, Scene 1 "Nor These Lips Upon Your Eyes" (Rumba)	3:26
22	Act II, Scene 2 "Hunger, Thirst, Shouts, Dance!" (Naniga)	2:12
23	Act II, Scene 3 "Land Of Darkness And Of Whirlwinds" (Slow, Fast, Wild!)	3:31
24	Act III, Scene 1 "Had I Not Once A Lovely Youth!" (Conga)	2:47
25	Act III, Scene 2 "Let Us Contemplate Undazzed The Endless Reaches Of My Innocence" (Tahitian Dance)	2:21
26	Ulysses At The Edge	6:39

Companies, etc.

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI)
Copyright © – Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI)
Glass Mastered At – Cinram, Richmond, IN – C71009-23
Pressed By – Cinram, Richmond, IN

Credits

Composed By – Harry Partch
Conductor – Horace Schwartz (tracks: 12 to 25)
Ensemble – Gate 5 Ensemble (Evanston) (tracks: 26), Gate 5 Ensemble (Sausalito) (tracks: 12 to 25)
Liner Notes – Bob Gilmore
Musician [Instrumentalist] – Ben Johnston (tracks: 1 to 11), Betty Johnston (tracks: 1 to 11), Bill Snead (tracks: 1 to 11), Donald Pippin (tracks: 1 to 11), Harry Partch (tracks: 1 to 25)
Vocals [Principal Vocals] – Harry Partch (tracks: 1 to 11)
Voice – Allan Louw (tracks: 18 to 25)

Notes

Packaged in a standard jewel case with a photo-illustrated 20-page booklet that includes credits, lyrics, notes, and release information.

Tracks 1 to 11 recorded in 1950-51 in Gualala, California.
Tracks 12 to 25 recorded in 1953 in Sausalito, California.
Track 26 recorded in 1958 in Evanston, Illinois.

Historic recordings supervised by the composer and first released on Gate 5 Records.