A treasure trove of unique musical instruments invented and built by pioneering composer Harry Partch between 1930 and 1972 were quietly returned to San Diego last week, ending a 33-year-long ...

When stories of gay life in 1950s San Francisco get told, Harry Partch does not feature prominently. This may be because Partch is an iconoclastic figure in many respects other than his sexuality. By ...

In February at the Grammy Awards, she surpassed Stevie Wonder, Paul Simon and Frank Sinatra to become the first artist to ever win Album of the Year honors for the fourth time. She also took home the ...

Interview with musician Harry Partch conducted by Molly Saltman for the "Art and Artists" radio program which was broadcast on KPAL radio station in Palm Springs, California. Harry Partch and Molly ...

Harry Partch spent all day moving his homemade orchestra from his home in an abandoned chicken hatchery in Petaluma to the ballroom of San Francisco’s Sheraton-Palace Hotel. Not until evening, when ...

On Thursday November, 7 at 7:30 p.m., the Soundwaves new music series at the Santa Monica Public Library welcomes John Schneider and TJ Troy of the Grammy-winning Partch ensemble to the Martin Luther ...

The Dreamer That Remains is a documentary produced by Betty Freeman and directed by Stephen Pouliot in 1972. Here is the director’s original cut along with his commentary. If you’ve never seen Partch ...

Films include Music Studio Harry Partch 1958 Partch takes the viewer on a tour of his Chicago home and plays his microtonal instruments Includes his demonstration of how the soundtrack for Windsong ...

The seventh installment of this multimedia biography of experimental artist and instrument inventor Harry Partch stands as an epic tribute to his greatest achievements and offers a small glimpse into ...