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Barstow : eight hitchhiker inscriptions from a highway railing at Barstow, California (1968 version) / Harry Partch ; edited by Richard Kassel.

Author/creator Partch, Harry, 1901-1974
Other author/creatorKassel, Richard, 1953- editor.
Included WorkKassel, Richard, 1953- Barstow as history : an introduction to the sound world of Harry Partch.
Format Musical Score and Print
Publication InfoMadison, Wis. : Published for the American Musicological Society by A-R Editions, ©2000.
Description1 score (lxxix, 62 pages) : illustrations + 1 score (27 pages) ; 31 cm.
Subject(s)
Uniform titleWayward. Barstow
Series Recent researches in American music ; v. 39
Recent researches in American music ; v. 39. ^A654635
Contents Foreword -- Pref. -- Barstow as history: an introduction to the sound world of Harry Partch -- Plates -- Barstow [transcription of original tablature score of version VII (1968) into a notation for just intonation developed by Ben Johnston] -- Apparatus -- Appendices: instrument charts -- Facsimile of 1968 version [27 p. facsim. of holograph ms. dated June 12, 1968].
General noteFor rhythmic speaking and/or singing voice (baritone), chorus voice (baritone-tenor), and instruments constructed by the composer.
General notePart 1 of his The wayward.
General noteIncludes non-standard notation.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
LCCN 2002558504
ISBN0895794683 (alk. paper)

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