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PARTCH, Harry: Enclosure 7


Producer: Blackburn, Philip
Producer: Freeman, Betty
Producer: Tourtelot, Madeline

Composer: Partch, Harry
The Dreamer That Remains: A Potrait of Harry Partch
Producer: Blackburn, Philip
Producer: Freeman, Betty
Television Director: Pouliot, Stephen
Composer: Partch, Harry
Delusion of the Fury: A Ritual of Dream and Delusion
Bond, Victoria
Stannard, John
Bergen, Paul
Blount, John
Hornbrook, Glendon
Marshall, Susan
Conductor: Mitchell, Danlee
Producer: Tourtelot, Madeline
Television Director: Tourtelot, Madeline
Stage Director: Crawford, John
Choreographer: Crawford, Virginia Storie

Bass: Bergen, Paul
Ghost (The Slain): Hornbrook, Glendon
Pilgrim (The Slayer): Blount, John
Son of the Slain: Marshall, Susan
Soprano: Bond, Victoria
Tenor: Stannard, John

Year of Production: 2006
Playing Time: 02:20:00
Catalogue Number: INNOVA407
UPC: 726708640798

Harry Partch (like his friend Anais Nin) considered his life's work to be a letter to the world. His last act was going to be to add the enclosures. He never got around to it. After 20 years of working on the Partch archives, Philip Blackburn has now completed the seven-part Enclosures series as it were on his behalf.

Enclosure 7 is a monumental tribute to the most significant works of this American original and iconoclast. It includes new versions of his late masterworks and never-before-seen footage that bring us closer to the real Harry behind the myth.

The Dreamer That Remains is a documentary produced by Betty Freeman and directed by Stephen Pouliot in 1972. Here is the director's original cut along with his commentary. If you've never seen Partch or his instruments before, this is the place to start.

Delusion of the Fury was his magnum opus; a lifetime of instrument invention and ideas of ritual theater were poured into this giant work. The 1971 film has been resynched and the soundtrack remastered in 5.1 surround sound.

The CBS LPs of this work came with a bonus album of Harry introducing his instruments. Unavailable for years, this recording features this talk along with a slideshow of the instruments.

Revelation in the Courthouse Park was Harry's fusion of current pop idolatry with parallel (only a little more sinister) scenes of Ancient Greece. Now you can see excerpts of the original 1960 Illinois production, replete with gymnasts, fireworks, and transvestites.

Bonus features:

- The Instruments of Harry Partch
- Excerpts from "Revelation in the Courthouse Park"

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