Harry Partch (June 24, 1901 – September 3, 1974) was an American composer, music philosopher and instrument creator. He was one of the first 20th-century composers to work extensively and systematically with microtonal scales, writing much of his music for custom-made instruments that he built himself, tuned in 11-limit (43-tone) just intonation. He has published the book Genesis of a Music, which nowadays it is considered a standard text of microtonal music theory.
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