Uploaded January 2018 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
A look at one of the 20th century's most important female voices.
This was a viewer request from YouTuber Juan Borjas. See the current request queue at lentovivace.com/requestqueue.html.
----------
Classical Nerd is a weekly video series covering music history, theoretical concepts, and techniques, hosted by composer, pianist, and music history aficionado Thomas Little.
----------
Music:
- Vivian Fine: Sinfonia and Fugato (unknown performers) [original upload: nzCuWThvyQ0]
- Thomas Little: Dance! #2 in E minor, Op. 1 No. 2, performed by Rachel Fellows, Michael King, and Bruce Tippette
----------
Contact Information:
Questions and comments can be directed to:
nerdofclassical [at] gmail.com
Tumblr:
classical-nerd.tumblr.com
----------
All images and audio in this video are for educational purposes only and are not intended as copyright infringement. If you have a copyright concern, please contact me using the above information.
A look at one of the 20th century's most important female voices.
This was a viewer request from YouTuber Juan Borjas. See the current request queue at lentovivace.com/requestqueue.html.
----------
Classical Nerd is a weekly video series covering music history, theoretical concepts, and techniques, hosted by composer, pianist, and music history aficionado Thomas Little.
----------
Music:
- Vivian Fine: Sinfonia and Fugato (unknown performers) [original upload: nzCuWThvyQ0]
- Thomas Little: Dance! #2 in E minor, Op. 1 No. 2, performed by Rachel Fellows, Michael King, and Bruce Tippette
----------
Contact Information:
Questions and comments can be directed to:
nerdofclassical [at] gmail.com
Tumblr:
classical-nerd.tumblr.com
----------
All images and audio in this video are for educational purposes only and are not intended as copyright infringement. If you have a copyright concern, please contact me using the above information.
![Harry Partch and his Microtonal Carpentry [Harry Partch, Pt. 1/2]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/KPTBRFnc8_w/mqdefault.jpg "Harry Partch and his Microtonal Carpentry [Harry Partch, Pt. 1/2]
🎶 Support the channel:
🎼 https://lentovivace.bandcamp.com
🎼 https://www.patreon.com/classicalnerd
This was requested by Dustin Troyer, Barun Chanda, Ben Barrett, Lorraine Chamberlain, Clem Billingsly, parsa mostaghim, and Lonchaney Fanch. See all requests at http://lentovivace.com/classicalnerd.html
📚 Sources/further reading:
“Genesis of a Music” by Harry Partch (1949)
“The Intonation Systems of Harry Partch” by Petter Ekman (BA Thesis, Iceland Academy of the Arts): https://skemman.is/bitstream/1946/8545/1/Lokaritgerd.pdf
“‘Unstuck in Time’: Harry Partch’s Bilocated Life” by Jake Johnson, 2015 (Journal of the Society for American Music, Vol. 9 No. 2)
“Keynote Address for the 2012 Harry Partch Conference in Boston” by Kyle Gann: https://www.kylegann.com/PartchKeynote.html
“Harry Partch and the Philosopher’s Tone” by Philip Blackburn, 2007 (Hyperion, Vol. III, Issue 1): http://contramundum.net/assets/hfa_3.1_2008.pdf
“Harry Partch, At a Glance” by Eric M. Gewirtz, 2015: http://pastseasons.lincolncenterfestival.org/past-seasons-files/2015/assets/img/downloads/Partch.pdf
“Trains, Railroad Workers and Illegal Riders: The Subcultural World of Hobo Graffiti” by John F. Lennon, 2016 (from the Routledge Handbook of Graffiti and Street Art)
http://media.virbcdn.com/files/c3/754bf16fde98493b-Vol3LinerNotes.pdf
https://www.secondinversion.org/tag/adapted-viola/
http://www.echo.ucla.edu/two-studies-harry-partch-conversations-danlee-mitchell-betty-freeman-jake-johnson/
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Harry-Partch
https://www.lpthe.jussieu.fr/~talon/MUSIC6.PDF
https://music.washington.edu/news/2014/11/20/harry-partch-instrumentarium-takes-residency-uw
Classical Nerd is a video series covering music history, theoretical concepts, and techniques, hosted by composer, pianist, and music history aficionado Thomas Little.
Music:
- Harry Partch: Delusion of the Fury (1966), conducted by Danlee Mitchell
- Thomas Little: Dance! #2 in E minor, performed by Rachel Fellows, Michael King, and Bruce Tippette
Demonstration of the 43-tone scale on the Chromelodeon originally found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iabv_G5Rwc
Contact Information:
Questions and comments can be directed to:
nerdofclassical [at] gmail.com
Tumblr:
https://classical-nerd.tumblr.com
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/classicalnerd/
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/the_classical_nerd/
All images and audio in this video are for educational purposes only and are not intended as copyright infringement. If you have a copyright concern, please contact me using the above information.")
