Dean Drummond

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Dean Drummond (January 22, 1949 – April 13, 2013) was an American composer, arranger, conductor and musician. His music featured microtonality, electronics, and a variety of percussion. He invented a 31-tone instrument called the zoomoozophone in 1978. From 1990 to his death he was the conservator of the Harry Partch instrumentarium. Born in Los Angeles, Drummond studied trumpet and composition at the University of Southern California and California Institute of the Arts. He studied trumpet with Don Ellis and John Clyman, and studied composition with Leonard Stein. Drummond then worked as a musician for and assistant to the maverick composer and instrument builder Harry Partch. He performed in the premieres of Partch’s large-scale works Daphne of the Dunes, And on the Seventh Day Petals Fell in Petaluma, and Delusion of the Fury. Drummond also participated in recordings made by Partch for the Columbia Masterworks label in the late 1960s. In 1976, Drummond moved to New York. A year later he co-founded (with flutist Stefani Starin) the contemporary music ensemble Newband. Newband recorded works by Partch, John Zorn, Joan LaBarbara, John Cage, Anne LeBaron, James Pugliese, and Thelonious Monk, as well as original works by Drummond. In 1990, he became director and curator of composer/inventor/musician Harry Partch's homemade instruments. Drummond performed many of Partch's compositions on the original instruments (such as kithara, surrogate kithara, harmonic canons, adapted g

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Newband

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New Band

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Newband Perform Microtonal Works By Partch, Cage, Labarbara, Drummond

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Microtonal Works 1

Partch: Castor and Pollux, A Dance for the Twin Rhythms of Gemini / Lebaron: Southern Ephemera / Brown, E.: Archipelago

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Microtonal Works by Partch, Cage, Labarbara, & Drummond

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Microtonal works 2

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Dance Of The Seven Veils

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Microtonal Works by Partch, Cage, La Barbara, Drummond

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Newband - Microtonal Works 1

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Newband Perform Microtonal Works By Partch, Cage, Labarbara,

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Microtonal Works

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