source file: mills2.txt Date: Fri, 23 Aug 1996 06:19:52 -0700 Subject: Partch's heir? From: Steve Curtin All this talk about Harry Partch makes me wonder about some things... First off, if this keeps up maybe we should split off the mailing list between partch@eartha.mills.edu and tuning@eartha.mills.edu :). This very entertaining and informative flame-war between Jon and Johnny is starting to crowd out discussions of the subject in general. Certainly Harry himself would say that he's not the first person who ever did tuning, merely following a very ancient and venerable tradition. He's certainly not the last either. This almost religious concern about what Harry might or might not have wanted is fine for people wanting to reproduce and sustain the body of work created by this amazing person. However, what about living people making Just and N-ET music? What about current tuning theory and musical applications of same? Who is Partch's heir? I guess in a sense we are. I'd be curious to hear about where Partch's theories have been taken and if any extensions have been made to them, or any new music has been made using them. Other Music is one group that comes to mind. Newband is another. Received: from ns.ezh.nl [137.174.112.59] by vbv40.ezh.nl with SMTP-OpenVMS via TCP/IP; Fri, 23 Aug 1996 17:16 +0200 Received: by ns.ezh.nl; (5.65v3.2/1.3/10May95) id AA29837; Fri, 23 Aug 1996 17:17:01 +0200 Received: from eartha.mills.edu by ns (smtpxd); id XA29867 Received: from by eartha.mills.edu via SMTP (940816.SGI.8.6.9/930416.SGI) for id IAA16219; Fri, 23 Aug 1996 08:16:58 -0700 Date: Fri, 23 Aug 1996 08:16:58 -0700 Message-Id: Errors-To: madole@ella.mills.edu Reply-To: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Originator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Sender: tuning@eartha.mills.edu