Editing Harry Partch (section)

==Legacy==
[[File:Harry Partch (center) directing four Mills College students.jpg|thumb|Partch (center) directing four college students in rehearsal]]
Partch met Danlee Mitchell while he was at the University of Illinois; Partch made Mitchell his heir,{{sfn|Johnston|2006|p=249}} and Mitchell serves as the executive director of the Harry Partch Foundation.{{sfn|Taylor|2010|p=251}}  [[Dean Drummond]] and his group [[Newband]] took charge of Partch's instruments, and performed his repertoire.{{sfn|Gilmore|Johnston|2002|p=370}} After Drummond's death in 2013, Charles Corey, a former doctoral student of Drummond, assumed responsibility for the instruments.{{sfn|De Pue|2014}}

The [[Sousa Archives and Center for American Music]] in Urbana, Illinois, holds the Harry Partch Estate Archive, 1918–1991,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.library.illinois.edu/archives/archon/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=10747&q=partch|title=Harry Partch Estate Archive, 1918–1991 – The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music}}</ref> which consists of Partch's personal papers, musical scores, films, tapes and photographs documenting his career as a composer, writer, and producer. It also holds the Music and performing Arts Library Harry Partch Collection, 1914–2007,<ref>[http://www.library.illinois.edu/archives/archon/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=10752&q=partch Music and Performing Arts Library Harry Partch Collection, 1914–2007], Sousa Archives and Center for American Music</ref> which consists of books, music, films, personal papers, artifacts and sound recordings collected by the staff of the Music and Performing Arts Library and the University of Illinois School of Music documenting the life and career of Harry Partch, and those associated with him, throughout his career as a composer and writer.

Partch's notation is an obstacle, as it mixes a sort of [[tablature]] with indications of pitch ratios.  This makes it difficult for those trained in traditional Western notation, and gives no visual indication as to what the music is intended to sound like.{{sfn|Gilmore|Johnston|2002|p=368}}

[[Paul Simon]] used Partch's instruments in the creation of songs for his 2016 album ''[[Stranger to Stranger]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washington.edu/news/2016/06/08/harry-partch-instruments-now-at-uw-featured-on-new-paul-simon-album|title=Harry Partch instruments, now at UW, featured on new Paul Simon album}}</ref>

===Recognition===
In 1974, Partch was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the [[Percussive Arts Society]], a music service organization promoting percussion education, research, performance and appreciation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pas.org/About/HOFMain.cfm|title=Percussive Arts Society: Hall of Fame|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081002094552/http://www.pas.org/About/HOFMain.cfm|archive-date=October 2, 2008}}</ref> In 2004, ''U.S. Highball'' was selected by the [[Library of Congress]]'s [[National Recording Preservation Board]] as "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/static/programs/national-recording-preservation-board/documents/USHighball.pdf|title=U.S. Highball, Added to the National Registry in 2004, Essay by S. Andrew Granade|website=[[Library of Congress]] }}</ref>