Harry Partch Movies

A documentary about avant-garde composer Harry Partch.

The Dreamer That Remains is a documentary produced by Betty Freeman and directed by Stephen Pouliot in 1972. Here is the director’s original...

The CBS LP of "Delusion of the Fury" came with a bonus album of Harry Partch introducing his instruments. Unavailable for years, this short film...

Conjoined fables are told, one Japanese, the other African, a ghost story colliding with farcical folklore.

American composers have long struggled against the momentum of the Western European classical tradition and the prestige it has held in America's...

A short film with soundtrack by Harry Partch: a ballet for gymnasts.

A 1981 staged production of Harry Partch's hitch-hiker piece, Barstow.

Harry Partch and his ensemble perform a dramatized account of riding the rails during the Depression on a transcontinental hobo trip from California...

The ancient Greek legend of Daphne and Apollo, transported to Lake Michigan.

A daring fusion of current (circa 1960) pop idolatry with parallel (only a little more sinister) scenes of Ancient Greece. Based on the 'Bacchae of...

KEBS/KPBS-TV (San Diego) documentary about Harry Partch.

Documentary about pre-Columbian art whose aesthetic and utilitarian values are intimately related to its myths and history.

If you ever wondered how a simple recipe for rose petal jam could turn into a hobo dance and a diatribe about music critics, you are in for a treat.

A 2006 choreographed performance of Harry Partch's "Castor and Pollux".

Partch takes the viewer on a tour of his Chicago home, and plays his microtonal instruments. Includes his demonstration of how the soundtrack for...