I found David Tudor’s phone number in the book when I was 16 and called him up and he answered. I was so nervous. I introduced myself and asked if I could talk to him about music. He said come right over! I only lived a few miles away. Anyway, I ended up visiting him over the course of 10 years, he was a major person in my life. I got to work on a production of Rainforest IV with him n 1973,
@jackiboi3079 ай бұрын
That's actually amazing
@markbrooks71579 ай бұрын
@@jackiboi307 thanks. David was great, had many dinners at his house, used to drive him to the airport when he went on tour with Merce. He wrote me a nice letter of recommendation which helped get me a full scholarship to graduate school.
@louisestark4929 Жыл бұрын
Most wonderful person, in many ways
@imlxh7126 Жыл бұрын
whoa is that a dang Charles Dodge Story Of Our Lives reference??
@Doromart1 Жыл бұрын
Enjoyed seeing and hearing you speak, Roger.
@JootsyMann Жыл бұрын
Who the hell is taking a bath while the great Allison is being interviewed?? Ridiculous!
@idrisbalavakos2 жыл бұрын
This, Oedipus Rex, Harry's Wake, and Bless This Home are some of my most favorite compositions ever. Partch is a lost treasure and I pity the man who has not heard these works.
@mwmingram2 жыл бұрын
This is great. Thank you for the upload.
@rodrigo_barriga2 жыл бұрын
I cannot believe the quality in which this was made.
@tireswingbbq71752 жыл бұрын
Thank you posting this absolute gem.
@hilliardbynd84122 жыл бұрын
🌹 p̶r̶o̶m̶o̶s̶m̶
@therealzilch2 жыл бұрын
Wow, what a great find! Harry Partch was a hero of my adolescence, and I managed to hear his group (but without him) in the early 70's. A real pioneer of just intonation.
@TheEltopian2 жыл бұрын
Dog-gone crazy beatniks!
@mathematicalpoetry40662 жыл бұрын
Love it
@dbadagna2 жыл бұрын
Amazing. Do you have the names of the dancers?
@neumarecords50972 жыл бұрын
The only dancer's name we know is Kim, who was apparently an Indonesian dancer living in Chicago at the time.
@KirbyCurbwhy2 жыл бұрын
So much amazing instruments on display here, with many artists who either sit and play what seems like pure improvisation or like a fraction of a piece of music that ends when the viewer walks past. Like the fourth instrument is a freaking Khaen, you know it's going to be good.
@KirbyCurbwhy2 жыл бұрын
And I thought the Ondes Diffuseurs were awesome, this is on a whole new level!
@boots_n_coots2 жыл бұрын
It’s a good thing this little film survived - otherwise how could anyone possibly describe Partch’s work? Thanks for sharing it.
@Kohntarkosz2 жыл бұрын
Never mind describing it. If the video had survived, no one would have ever believed anyone in American TV would have let Harry Partch do THIS! My question is, why don't they have things like this on PBS now?! (and yes, I know this predates PBS by over a decade, but it's public television, same concept).
@kyjb702 жыл бұрын
Do you know why the first act of the opera is blocked?
@philipblackburn54022 жыл бұрын
Thanks for letting me know. CDBaby thinks it is helping by filing a copyright claim against itself (since Neuma uploaded both versions). I am trying to untangle the ‘dispute.’
@kyjb702 жыл бұрын
@@philipblackburn5402 thanks!
@dazzlekirchin2 жыл бұрын
This rules.
@ophelia13982 жыл бұрын
love this
@crostofor2 жыл бұрын
cool stuff :)
@karennelson81942 жыл бұрын
very cool!
@chair5473 жыл бұрын
Don't mind me im just flossing my piano Nah but seriously it sounds good
@iowacomposersforum3643 жыл бұрын
How nice to see Bob Paredes, Matt Burrier and Ed Nehring.
@heartyblack3 жыл бұрын
I was trying to imitate the crickets and failing miserably. Not one cricket said anything negative about it though.
@alessandroseravalle38073 жыл бұрын
Beautiful!!!
@SeanIRobin3 жыл бұрын
Sound is low, with water splashing in the background, almost drowning out Knowles. Was this an intentional reference to George Brecht's drip music?
@zrizzrall3 жыл бұрын
Almost certainly
@edplunk6002 жыл бұрын
Don't think so, just a bad film maker. that's not drip it's splash, splash. Some one is cleaning supplies.
@FredMaus2 жыл бұрын
I love the sounds + voice and I associate it with Cage's welcoming of ambient sound