Which Happened First?

Harry Partch

Harry Partch
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Harry Partch was an American composer, music theorist, and creator of unique musical instruments. He composed using scales of unequal intervals in just intonation, and was one of the first 20th-century composers in the West to work systematically with microtonal scales, alongside Lou Harrison.

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Who was born first?

Timeline

  1. Alexandre AlexeieffApril 18, 1901 – August 9, 1982
  2. Charles Stark DraperOctober 2, 1901 – July 25, 1987
  3. Frank ZamboniJanuary 16, 1901 – July 27, 1988
  4. Harry Partch (this page)June 24, 1901 – September 3, 1974
  5. John Desmond BernalMay 10, 1901 – September 15, 1971
  6. Zeppo MarxFebruary 25, 1901 – November 1979

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