Harry Partch (1901 - 1974) a fost un compozitor și solist constructor de instrumente muzicale american. Este considerat de critici ca fiind unul dintre cei mai importanți compozitori ai secolului XX.
În 1948 a publicat cartea Genesis of a Music. Pentru compozitiile sale el a construit noi instrumente muzicale.
The World of Harry Partch (Columbia Masterworks MS 7207 & MQ 7207, 1969)
Delusion of the Fury (LP Columbia Masterworks M2 30576, 1971; CD Innova 406, 2001)
Enclosure II (early speech-music works) (Innova 401)
Enclosure V ("On a Greek Theme") (Innova 405)
Enclosure VI ("Delusion of the Fury") (Innova 406)
The Seventeen Lyrics of Li Po (Tzadik, 1995). ASIN B000003YSU.
Revelation In The Courthouse Park (Tomato Records TOM-3004, 2003)
Videografie
Enclosure I (Innova 400, VHS)
Enclosure IV (Innova 404, VHS) "Delusion", "Music of HP"
Enclosure VII (Innova 407, DVD) "Delusion", "Dreamer", Bonus Album, "Revelation"
Enclosure VIII (Innova 399, DVD)
Musical Outsiders: An American Legacy - Harry Partch, Lou Harrison & Terry Riley
Blackburn, Philip (1998). Harry Partch: Enclosure III. Saint Paul: Innova. ISBN 096565690X.
Gilmore, Bob (1998). Harry Partch, A Biography, New Haven: Yale University Press.
Partch, Harry (1974). Genesis of a Music. New York: Da Capo Press. ISBN 030680106X.
Partch, Harry (1991). Bitter Music: Collected Journals, Essays, Introductions and Librettos, Champaign: University of Illinois Press.