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Far Off Sounds Ep 14 - Microtonal Man

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John Schneider won a 2015 Grammy for his album performing music composed by the midcentury genius Harry Partch, an American pioneer of microtonal music. Why has Schneider, a music theory professor and radio host, devoted his entire adult life to reproducing the strange instruments and music of a man he never met? We dive in deep to learn about Partch and microtonal music, and to see John performing it on his couch and onstage.

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