Editing Harry Partch (section)

==Works==
{{Main|List of works by Harry Partch}}

[[File:The Harry Partch Ensemble.png|thumb|The Harry Partch Ensemble (2019).]]
Partch's later works were large-scale, integrated theater productions in which he expected each of the performers to sing, dance, speak, and play instruments.{{sfn|Sheppard|2001|pp=180–181}}

Partch described the theory and practice of his music in his book ''Genesis of a Music'', which he had published  first in 1947,{{sfn|McGeary|2000|p=xx}} and in an expanded edition in 1974.{{sfn|McGeary|2000|p=xxvi}}  A collection of essays, journals, and librettos by Partch was published as posthumously as ''Bitter Music'' 1991.

Partch partially supported himself with the sales of recordings, which he began making in the late 1930s.{{sfn|McGeary|2000|p=xix}}  He published his recordings under the Gate 5 Records label beginning in 1953.{{sfn|McGeary|2000|p=xxi}}  On recordings such as the soundtrack to ''Windsong'', he used [[multitrack recording]], which allowed him to play all the instruments himself.  He never used synthesized or computer-generated sounds, though he had access to such technology.{{sfn|Harrison|2000|p=136}}  Partch scored six films by Madeline Tourtelot, starting with 1957's ''Windsong''. He has been the subject of a number of documentary films.{{sfn|McGeary|2000|p=xxii}}