Tracklist

A	Prologue - The Lost Musicians Mix Magic
B1	Scene 1 - Three Undergrads Become Transfigured In A Hong Kong Music Hall
B2	Scene 2 - Exercises In Harmony And Counterpoint Are Tried In A Court Of Ancient Ritual
B3	Scene 3 - The Romancing Of A Pathological Liar Comes To An Inspired End
C1	Scene 4 - A Soul Tormented By Contemporary Music Finds A Humanizing Alchemy
C2	Scene 5 - Visions Fill The Eyes Of A Defeated Basketball Team In The Shower Room
C3	Scene 6 - Euphoria Descends A Sausalito Stairway
C4	Scene 7 - Two Detectives On The Tail Of A Tricky Culprit Turn In Their Badges
D1	Scene 8 - A Court In Its Own Contempt Rises To A Motherly Apotheosis
D2	Scene 9 - A Lost Political Soul Finds Himself Among The Voteless Women Of Paradise
D3	Scene 10 - The Cognoscenti Are Plunged Into A Demonic Descent While At Cocktails

Companies, etc.

• Recorded By – Gate 5 Records
• Recorded At – University Of Illinois
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Composers Recordings, Inc.
• Published By – Music Magazine
• Manufactured By – Allentown Record Co. Inc.

Credits

• Bass Clarinet – Joseph Firrantello
• Cello – Peter Farrell
• Chorus – The Chorus Of Lost Musicians
• Clarinet – Warren Birkett
• Composed By, Supervised By [Production] – Harry Partch
• Conductor – John Garvey
• Ensemble – The University Of Illinois Musical Ensemble
• Koto – Carol Zuckerberg
• Liner Notes – Harry Partch
• Marimba [Bass] – Warren Smith
• Marimba [Diamond] – Danlee Mitchell
• Marimba [Eroica], Voice [Male Solo], Leader [Chorus] – William Olson
• Mastered By – DBH*
• Orchestra – The University Of Illinois Musical Ensemble
• Organ [Chromelodeon] – Herbert Bielawa
• Painting [Cover] – Cecile Gray Bazelon
• Percussion [Boo], Marimba [Bamboo] – Thomas Gauger
• Percussion [Cloud Chamber Bowls] – George Andrix
• Percussion [Spoils Of War] – Michael Donzella
• Photography By [Back Cover Film] – Dong Kingman, Jr.
• Piccolo Flute – Charles Delaney
• Producer – Carter Harman
• Recorded By – Lyle Dahms
• Vocals [The Witch] – Freda Schell
• Zither [Harmonic Canon (Castor)] – Georgi Mayer
• Zither [Harmonic Canon (Pollux)] – Barbara Grammar
• Zither [Kithara (Left Side)] – Jan Bach
• Zither [Kithara (Right Side)] – Sanford Berry
• Zither [Surrogate Kithara], Gong – Jack McKenzie

Notes

A dance-satire featuring musical instruments designed and built by the composer

The Bewitched was commissioned by the Fromm Music Foundation and the University of Illinois School of Music.
This release was made possible by a grant from the Alice M. Ditson Fund at Columbia University.

℗1973 Composers Recordings, Inc.
The music is published by Music Magazine (BMI)

Painting, "Stairway Unto Infinity," courtesy Robert Schoelkopf Gallery

Recorded by Gate 5 Records at the University of Illinois at the university's Champaign-Urbana campus in 1957.

Originally released in both a condensed single LP version as well as a complete 2LP version on Gate 5 Records.
Comes in a gatefold sleeve.

Durations:
A 18:28
B 16:31
C 20:00
D 20:52

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Side A label): CRI 340-A
• Matrix / Runout (Side B label): CRI 340-B
• Matrix / Runout (Side C label): CRI 340-C
• Matrix / Runout (Side D label): CRI 340-D
• Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, etched [DBH is boxed]): MP 13 DBH CRI SD 304 A
• Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, etched [DBH is boxed]): MP 13 DBH CRI SD 304 B ARC1-9-7H
• Matrix / Runout (Side C runout, etched [DBH is boxed]): MP 13 DBH CRI SD 304 C
• Matrix / Runout (Side D runout, etched [DBH is boxed]): MP 13 DBH CRI SD 304 D
• Rights Society: BMI
• Other (Library of Congress #): 73-750240

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
none	Harry Partch	The Bewitched ‎(2xLP)	Gate 5 Records	none	US	1958
CD 754	Harry Partch	The Harry Partch Collection Volume 4: The Bewitched ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM)	Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI)	CD 754	US	1997
Issue E	Harry Partch	The Bewitched ‎(LP, RE)	Gate 5 Records	Issue E	US	1962
80624-2	Harry Partch	The Bewitched ‎(CD, Mono, RE, RM)	New World Records	80624-2	US	2005
3CACKLP	Harry Partch	The Bewitched (Excerpted) A Dance Satire ‎(LP, RE)	Cacophonic	3CACKLP	UK	2013

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