VOICES FROM THE VERNACULAR MUSIC CENTER

Musical traditions & the American Avant-Garde

Episode Summary

We have our first episode of Series 2 with Episode 13! In this episode, our hosts have a conversation about Harry Partch & Henry Cowell. Roger and Chris talk about the lives of these composers/musicians, their works, and the influential, philosophical, and vernacular approaches to music in the 20th Century - expanding on composition style, performance, and audience reception/participation. VOICES FROM THE VERNACULAR MUSIC CENTER is a podcast from at Texas Tech University. Join Roger and Chris as they range across the centuries and around the worlds of oral-tradition music and dance, with guests along the way! We would like to thank the TTU Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation for funding Series 1 and the J.T. & Margaret Talkington College of Visual & Performing Arts for funding Series 2. Please Like | Follow/Subscribe | Download | Share | Leave a Review!

Episode Notes

Intro - 0:00

Part I, Works and Philosophies of Harry Partch  - 01:10

Part II, Works and Philosophies of Henry Cowell - 32:33

Outro - 53:35

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