CMLVIII. PARTCH, Harry: The Bewitched -- a Dance Satire

CMLVIII. PARTCH, Harry (1901-1974)

The Bewitched -- a Dance Satire (1956)
1. The Lost Musicians Mix Magic
2. Scene 1: Three Undergrads Become Transfigured in a Hong Kong Music Hall
3. Scene 2: Exercises in Harmony and Counterpoint are Tried in a Court of Ancient Ritual
4. Scene 3: The Romancing of a Pathological Liar Comes to an Inspired End
5. Scene 4: A Soul Tormented by Contemporary Music Finds a Humanizing Alchemy
6. Scene 5: Visions Fill the Eyes of a Defeated Basketball Team in the Shower Room
7. Scene 6: Euphoria Descends a Sausalito Stairway
8. Scene 7: Two Detectives on the Trail of a Tricky Culprit Turn in Their Badges
9. Scene 8: A Court in its Own Contempt Rises to a Motherly Apotheosis
10. Scene 9: A Lost Political Soul Finds Himself Among the Voteless Women of Paradise
11. Scene 10: The Cognoscenti are Plunged Into a Demonic Descent While at Cocktails
12. Epilogue
Frieda Schell, the Witch
The Ensemble of Illinois Musical Ensemble
John Garvey, cond.
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