Daphne Of The Dunes
This is my favorite Harry Partch composition. "Daphne Of The Dunes" was written as the soundtrack to an art film called Windsong. The film was a modern retelling of the myth of Daphne & Apollo. The percussion instruments are Apollo and Daphne is represented by the strings.
The instruments played on this piece are the adapted viola, Kithara II, Surrogate Kithara, Harmonic Canons II & III, Chromelodeon I, Cloud-Chamber Bowls, Spoils Of War, Gourd Tree, Diamond Marimba, Boo, Bass Marimba and pre-recorded tapes. No more than four instruments are played at any one time.
"Daphne" was first recorded in 1958, this recording was made in 1972.
Partch described the music as "A collage of sounds... The sudden shifts represent nature symbols of the film, as used for dramatic purpose: dead tree, driftwood, falling sand, blowing tumbleweed, flying gulls, wriggling snakes, waving grasses."
But I like it anyway.
The instruments played on this piece are the adapted viola, Kithara II, Surrogate Kithara, Harmonic Canons II & III, Chromelodeon I, Cloud-Chamber Bowls, Spoils Of War, Gourd Tree, Diamond Marimba, Boo, Bass Marimba and pre-recorded tapes. No more than four instruments are played at any one time.
"Daphne" was first recorded in 1958, this recording was made in 1972.
Partch described the music as "A collage of sounds... The sudden shifts represent nature symbols of the film, as used for dramatic purpose: dead tree, driftwood, falling sand, blowing tumbleweed, flying gulls, wriggling snakes, waving grasses."
But I like it anyway.
posted by KS at 9/26/2006 08:37:00 PM
1 Comments:
Heck, there's nothing wrong with Tangerine Dream up to '78 or so. When they started writing soundtracks instead of songs. I still think Lester Bangs had the best description of the band: "The sound of silt settling on the ocean floor." or something like that.
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