| Identifier | 6755838 |
| Created At | Tue May 23 2023 23:54:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) |
| Reference Number | 0005331503 |
| Status | 1 |
| Media Type | CDR |
| Media Count | 1 |
| Sound Rating | A |
| Note | Lou Harrison and Friends
Lou's House Aptos, Ca. 10-31-1970 FM>CDR>CEP(Track Splits)>MKW>SHN Sound: A 125 Mb 29m36s Offered as a brief Interlude of sorts, Lou Harrison regales us with selections played on a Gamelan what got built by him and his pal Bill Colvig. The sound is very organic, even rustic; and the players' delight is palpable, akin to the joy exhibited by all when several friends and our small children gathered for an impromptu concert and made music with anything at hand some time ago now dim jerky far away the smell of curry and citrus in the air... 'Music of Indonesia had “haunted†Lou Harrison from an early age to the point where he went to Asia to study. Upon his return, he decided to design and make Asian instruments using Western materials. With the help of Bill Colvig, they made two gamelans – actually one that plays in two modes – out of steel and aluminum tubes as well as slabs of aluminum. The gamelan is tuned to two separate modes of intonation (scale of overtones): “U†mode – pentatonic scale and “Gamelan 711†which includes prime numbers 7 and 11 of the overtone series. Examples of both modes were recorded at the Aptos home of Harrison and are presented here. The gamelan consists of xylophone-like arrays of conduit pipe which can be played by as many as seven players at one time. Included are several improvisations by a full complement of musicians. Performers include Robert Hughes, Lou Harrison, Jerome Neff, Larry Blackshire, William Colvig and Charles Amirkhanian. Recorded on August 31, 1970. (oThER mIndS sTafF) |
| Source Info | FM>CDR>CEP(Track Splits)>MKW>SHN |
| Tech Note | All |
| Trades Allowed | |
| Attendence | 0 |
Performance
| Lou Harrison 1970-10-31 Lou's House, Aptos, CA | |
|---|---|
| Set 1 | Improv 1
Improv 2 Improv 3 Improv 4 Improv 5 Improv 6 Improv 7 |
| Set 2 | |
| Set 3 | |
| Comment | Performers include Robert Hughes, Lou Harrison, Jerome Neff, Larry Blackshire, William Colvig and Charles Amirkhanian |