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Poster: MPDMedia Date: May 1, 2024 6:16am
Forum: texts Subject: Re: why are some books only available to disabled readers?

General info, and an email for the Partch Foundation director below if you're desperate to find this book.

https://archive.org/details/genesisofmusicac0000part
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https://archive.org/details/genesisofmusicac00part/mode/1up
https://archive.org/details/genesisofmusicac00partc/mode/2up
has cover, copyright page, table of contents, pic of artist

A print disability is a difficulty or inability to read printed material due to a perceptual, physical or visual disability. The reasons for print disability vary but may include: vision impairment or blindness. physical dexterity problems such as multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, arthritis or paralysis.

https://www.google.com/search?tbm=bks&q=Genesis+of+a+music
no previews on any copies; weird.

Genesis of a Music
Monophony: the Relation of Its Music to Historic and Contemporary Trends; Its Philosophy, Concepts, and Principles; Its Relation to Historic and Proposed Intonations; and Its Application to Musical Instruments
By Harry Partch · first published in 1947

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Partch
Partch described the theory and practice of his music in his book Genesis of a Music, which he had published first in 1947,[13] and in an expanded edition in 1974.[20] Genesis of a Music (1947; revised 1974) Da Capo Press. ISBN 978-0306801068
Partch met Danlee Mitchell while he was at the University of Illinois; Partch made Mitchell his heir,[17] and Mitchell serves as the executive director of the Harry Partch Foundation. Mitchell is around 88 years old now.

https://www.harrypartch.com/
Contact https://www.harrypartch.com/links
Charles Corey - Director of the Harry Partch Ensemble and Curator of the Harry Partch Instrumentarium
charlescorey at gmail dot com

https://www.corporeal.com/dm_bio.html
Danlee Mitchell (born 1936) met Harry Partch in 1956, at the University of Illinois, when Mr. Mitchell (class of '59' and '62') entered the School of Music as a music major and performed in the world premier of Partch's The Bewitched. From 1958 until Partch's death in 1974, Mitchell was Partch's assistant, ensemble manager, music director and conductor, personal consultant and manager, and pal.
He is a professor of music and director of percussion studies at San Diego University, where he teaches percussion, music theory, and world music.


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Poster: mhanderson Date: May 1, 2024 6:54am
Forum: texts Subject: Re: why are some books only available to disabled readers?

Thanks very kindly for your thorough reply - but I'd really like to hear from an employee of the IA explaining why there are in fact apparently THREE copies of the book with NO BORROW available except to users with print disabilities. That's probably also why there is no preview. This is a book about outsider composer Harry Partch, a seminal figure in experimental music in America - what on earth could the imagined connection be to visual impairment? Pardon my saying so, but it all sounds completely irrational. I understand your reasons for directing me to possible purchasable copies, and I thank you, but it seems to me that the IA exists at least in part so that users won't have to track down and purchase out of print items.

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Poster: MPDMedia Date: May 3, 2024 5:15am
Forum: texts Subject: Re: why are some books only available to disabled readers?

Have you tried local library services? Maybe they have a PDF you can use for 2 weeks. Our local university (USF - Tampa, FL) appears to have a copy:
https://usf-flvc.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma99379675329306599&context=L&vid=01FALSC_USF:USF&lang=en&search_scope=MyInstitution&adaptor=Local%20Search%20Engine&tab=LibraryCatalog&query=any,contains,Partch,%20Harry&offset=10

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Poster: mhanderson Date: May 3, 2024 8:49am
Forum: texts Subject: Re: why are some books only available to disabled readers?

I live in a small city and the public library doesn't have it, but as it turns out our university does. I know someone who works there and they'll borrow it and loan it to me. I'm a very lucky guy - and still wondering why this item is for IA users with print disabilities only, all 3 copies. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯