PARTCH Ensemble Artistic Director John Schneider discusses the Marimba Eroica with T.J. Troy, highlighting two distinct versions of the instrument designed by American Maverick composer Harry Partch, followed by an in-depth discussion of the construction, tuning, and performance issues surrounding PARTCH Ensemble’s own instrument, based off of Partch’s second design.
Public domain footage courtesy of The Internet Archive
This video is made possible in part by a grant from the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs.