Harry Partch's Oedipus Receives a Rare Performance at UW

Who was Harry Partch, and what did he have in common with Young Thug?by Nick ZurkoMusic history still doesn't seem to know what to make of Harry Partch. A committed outsider whose staggering accomplishments within the first 33 years of his life brought him to national attention, Partch's dedication to esoteric principles kept him at arm's length from a wide audience. His steadfast belief in the complex microtonal scale—which basically posits that an octave contains 43 notes, as opposed to