Description: Corporeal Meadows is about the life and works of Harry Partch - iconoclastic American composer, theorist, instrument builder, raconteur, big-time crank and sometime hobo. It is by people who knew and worked with him. Our aims are to share information about Partch, examine his creative output, help with a historical perspective, track current events, and make an attempt to extend Harry's spirit - online.
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT - TAKE NOTICE! As of April, 2016, this site will no longer be active, and serves only as an archive of the previous years of the site known as Corporeal Meadows. The new site is officially located at http://www.corporealmeadows.com Please see that site for all the lastest information on Partch activities, and a whole lot more! Harry Partch -- iconoclastic American composer, musical theorist, philosophic instrument builder, raconteur, hobo, artist -- presents unique challenges and
New Partch Limited Edition vinyl from New World Records! When I get to a place to have better net connection and my usual editing tools (yes, unfortunately, I'm writing from a hospital room!), I'll place complete info and thoughts on the project. But, hey, just go get it now: "Harry Partch: a Portrait". Updated on Corporeal Meadows as of February 29, 2012 Future Directions for Corporeal Meadows I'm still thinking about what this site means in this day and age. When I initially put the Meadows online in 1996
Christopher DeLaurenti | sound artist – phonographer – performer – teacher