Harry Partch - Plectra And Percussion Dances

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A1	Castor & Pollux - A Dance for the Twin Rhythms of Gemini
A2	Ring Around The Moon - A Dance for Here and Now Voice – Lynn Ludlow
B1	Even Wild Horses - Dance Music for an Absent Drama Voice – Allan Louw

Credits

• Composed By – Harry Partch
• Conductor – Horace Schwartz
• Ensemble – Gate 5 Ensemble
• Other [Trustee] – James M. Fletcher
• Performer – Allen Smith, Gordon Onslow-Ford, Harry Partch, Henry Jaramillo, Jerry Schimmel, Lynn Ludlow, Marc Smith , Michele Slivka, Richard Barnett, Robert Garfias, Ruita Churchill, Vincent Delgado
• Recorded By – Oscar Anderson

Notes

Harry Partch trust fund first edition of Plectra & Percussion Dances, Satyr-Play Music for Dance Theatre. Special subscribers' edition of 500 copies pressed on green unbreakable 12-inch vinylite, numbered and signed by the composer.

The instruments: Kithara, Surrogate Kithara, three Harmonic Canons, Chromelodeon, Diamond Marimba, Bass Marimba, Cloud-Chamber Bowls, Eroica and Wood-Block, Adapted Viola, Adapted Guitars.

On rear cover: * Castor -- [lined through in red:]1. Kithara (& Surrogate Kithara) and Cloud-Chamber Bowls 2. Harmonic Canon and High Bass Marimba 3. Diamond Marimba and Low Bass Marimba [and] Even Wild Horses -- ... Act 3 - [lined through:] Scene 1. "Had I Not Once a Love-ly Youth?" (as a conga). [In red:] * Deleted as a sacrificial offering to the jealous gods of technology.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Runout Side A, stamped -- 3 in a diamond): HP-1
• Barcode (Runout Side B, stamped -- 3 in a diamond): HP-2

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
Issue C	Harry Partch	Plectra & Percussion Dances ‎(LP, RE)	Gate 5 Records	Issue C	US	1962
Issue No. 4	Harry Partch	Plectra & Percussion Dances ‎(LP, RE)	Gate 5 Records	Issue No. 4	US	1957
JD116LP	Harry Partch	Plectra And Percussion Dances-Satyr-Play Music For Dance ‎(LP, RE)	Jeanne Dielman	JD116LP	Italy	2016
none	Harry Partch	Plectra And Percussion Dances ‎(LP, Album, RP)	Not On Label	none	US	2016

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