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The Bewitched (A Dance Satire By Harry Partch)

Artist: Harry Partch

Year: 1973
Country: United States
Label:
Catalog No: Composers Recordings Inc., CRI SD 304
Format: Vinyl Lp-2
Spezification:
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Tracklist

 
A Prologue - The Lost Musicians Mix Magic  
B1 Scene 1 - Three Undergrads Become Transfigured In A Hong Kong Music Hall  
B2 Scene 2 - Exercises In Harmony And Counterpoint Are Tried In A Court Of Ancient Ritual  
B3 Scene 3 - The Romancing Of A Pathological Liar Comes To An Inspired End  
C1 Scene 4 - A Soul Tormented By Contemporary Music Finds A Humanizing Alchemy  
C2 Scene 5 - Visions Fill The Eyes Of A Defeated Basketball Team In The Shower Room  
C3 Scene 6 - Euphoria Descends A Sausalito Stairway  
C4 Scene 7 - Two Detectives On The Tail Of A Tricky Culprit Turn In Their Badges  
D1 Scene 8 - A Court In Its Own Contempt Rises To A Motherly Apotheosis  
D2 Scene 9 - A Lost Political Soul Finds Himself Among The Voteless Women Of Paradise  
D3 Scene 10 - The Cognoscenti Are Plunged Into A Demonic Descent While At Cocktails  

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Credits

Notes

A dance-satire featuring musical instruments designed and built by the composer

The Bewitched was commissioned by the Fromm Music Foundation and the University of Illinois School of Music.
This release was made possible by a grant from the Alice M. Ditson Fund at Columbia University.

?1973 Composers Recordings, Inc.
The music is published by Music Magazine (BMI)

Painting, "Stairway Unto Infinity," courtesy Robert Schoelkopf Gallery

Recorded by Gate 5 Records at the University of Illinois at the university's Champaign-Urbana campus in 1957.

Originally released in both a condensed single LP version as well as a complete 2LP version on Gate 5 Records.
Comes in a gatefold sleeve.

Durations:
A 18:28
B 16:31
C 20:00
D 20:52