Far Off Sounds Ep 14 - Microtonal Man
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Directed by Jacob Hurwitz-Goodman and Nick George • Documentary • 2018 • 14 minutes
John Schneider won a 2015 Grammy for his album performing music composed by the midcentury genius Harry Partch, an American pioneer of microtonal music. Why has Schneider, a music theory professor and radio host, devoted his entire adult life to reproducing the strange instruments and music of a man he never met? We dive in deep to learn about Partch and microtonal music, and see John performing it on his couch and onstage.
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