Two Psalms  (1931) for 
   The Lord is My Shepherd  (1931) for adapted viola & intoning voice
   By the Rivers of Babylon   (1931/41) originally for adapted viola & intoning voice; kithara 
          & chromelodeon added in 1955

The Potion Scene (from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet)  (1931/1955) 
          originally for  adapted viola & intoning voice; chromelodeon, kithara, bass marimba, 
          marimba eroica & two high female voices added in 1955

The Wayward   texts by Harry Partch
   Barstow (1941/1954/1967)  originally adapted guitar & voice; rewritten for two voices, 
          surrogate kithara, chromelodeon, diamond marimba & boo in 1955
   San Francisco  (1943) for two baritones, adapted viola, kithara & chromelodeon
   The Letter  (1943)  for intoning voice, kithara, harmonic canon,surrogate kithara, 
          diamond  marimba, bass marimba  (There was an earlier version which has been lost)
   U.S. Highball  (1943/1955)  originally for voice, adapted guitar, kithara & 
          chromelodeon;  rewritten in 1955 for "Subjective" Voice (Tenor-baritone), one or more 
          "Objective" voices  (mostly) baritone, kithara, surrogate kithara, two harmonic canons, 
          chromelodeon, diamond  marimba, boo, spoils of war, cloud chamber bowls, bass 
          marimba, & bloboy

Yankee Doodle Fantasy   (1944)  for soprano, tin flutes, tin oboe, flex-a-tones & 
          chromelodeon

Dark Brother (1942-3)  text from Thomas Wolfe: God's Lonely Man --- for intoning voice, 
          chromelodeon, adapted viola & kithara; bass marimba was added later

Two Settings from Joyce's Finnegan's Wake  (1944) for  soprano, 
          kithara & two flutes
   Isobel
   Annah the Allmaziful

"I'm very happy to be telling you about this..."  (1945)  text from 
          broadcast transcription of glider pilot Warren Ward --- for soprano, baritone, kithara &
          Indian drum; score has been lost

Two Studies on Ancient Greek Scales  (1946)  originally for harmonic canon;
     bass marimba added later

Eleven Intrusions(1949-50)
   Nos. 1 & 2 are Two Studies on Ancient Greek Scales
   3. The Rose text by Ella Young --- for intoning voice, guitar & diamond marimba
   4. The Crane    text by Tsuryuki-Waley --- for intoning voice, guitar & diamond marimba
   5. The Waterfall   text by Ella Young --- for intoning voice, guitar & diamond marimba
   6. The Wind   text by Ella Young/Lao-tze --- for intoning voice, harmonic canon & bass 
          marimba
   7. The Street  text by Willard Motley --- for intoning voice, harmonic canon & bass marimba
   8.  Lover  text by George Leite --- for intoning voice, soprano, two adapted guitars, cloud 
          chamber bowls & bass marimba 
   9.  Soldiers---War---Another War   text by Ungaretti --- for intoning voice, harmonic canon, 
          adapted guitar, diamond marimba cloud chamber bowls & bass marimba
 10.  Vanity text by Ungaretti --- for intoning voice and three adapted guitars
 11.  Cloud-Chamber Music   with Cancion de los Muchachos from the Zuni Indians --- for
          intoning voice, adapted viola, two adapted guitars, kithara, diamond marimba, cloud 
          chamber bowls, bass marimba, deer-hoof rattle & chorus of musicians

Ring Around the Moon   (1949-1950)  text by Harry Partch --- for baritone, harmonic 
          canon, two adapted guitars, kithara, chromelodeon, diamond marimba, cloud chamber 
          bowls, bass marimba, marimba eroica, cymbal

Oedipus(1950/1952-4/1967)  text from play by Sophocles; first version: libretto 
          adapted from  William Butler Yeats; 2nd & 3rd versions: libretto by Harry Partch --- for bass 
          (Oedipus), bass-baritone (Tiresias and the Herdsman), low soprano (Jocasta), 
          tenor-baritone (Chorus Spokesman), chorus of six sopranos, clarinet, bass clarinet, 
          adapted viola, adapted cello, two adapted guitars, double bass, kithara, two harmonic 
          canons, two  chromelodeons, cloud chamber bowls, gourd tree, cone gongs, diamond 
          marimba, bass marimba & marimba eroica
   Introduction
   Opening Scene
   First Chorus
   Tiresias Scene
   Second Chorus
   Creon Scene
   Jocasta Scene
   Incidental Music
   Third Chorus
   Messenger Scene
   Fourth Chorus
   Herdsman Scene
   Oedipus Scene
   Fifth Chorus
   Instrumental Commentary
   Antiphony
   Exit Oedipus: Dance Pantomime
   Final Chorus and Coda

Castor and Pollux  (1952)  for kithara, surrogate kithara, harmonic canon, 
          diamond marimba, cloud chamber bowls & bass marimba (two players)

Even Wild Horses (1952)  text from Rimbaud's A Season in Hell --- baritone, adapted
          viola, adapted guitar, kithara, four harmonic canons, chromelodeon, diamond marimba, 
          bass marimba,  cloud chamber bowls, spoils of war, Japanes temple bell

Two Studies from Lewis Carroll   (1954)
   The Mock Turtle Song  for singing-intoning voice, surrogate kithara & spoils of war
   O Frabjous Day! (The Jabberwock)  for intoning voice, harmonic canon & bass marimba

Ulysses at the Edge (1955)  alto saxophone or trumpet, baritone saxophone, 
     diamond marimba, boo, cloud chamber bowls & speaking rhythmic voice
 
The Bewitched for solo soprano (the Witch), piccolo, clarinet, bass clarinet, 
          cello, kithara, two harmonic canons, koto, surrogate kithara, chromelodeon, cloud chamber 
          bowls, spoils of war, diamond marimba, boo, bass marimba, marimba eroica, chorus of 
          musicians & approximately ten dancers
   Prologue. The Lost Musicians Mix Magic
   Scene 1. Three Undergraduates Become Transfigured in a Hong Kong Music Hall
   Scene 2. Exercises in Harmony and Counterpoint Are Tried in a Court of Ancient 
      Ritual
   Scene 3. The Romancing of a Pathological Liar Comes to an Inspired End
   Scene 4. A Soul Tormented by Contemporary Music Finds a Humanizing
     Alchemy
   Scene 5. Visions Fill the Eyes of a Defeated Basketball Team in the Shower 
      Room 
   Scene 6. Euphoria Descends a Sausalito Stairway
   Scene 7. Two Detectives on the Trail of a Tricky Culprit Turn in Their Badges
   Scene 8. A Court in Its Own Contempt Rises to a Motherly Apotheosis
   Scene 9.  A Lost Political Soul Finds Himself Among the Voteless Women of 
      Paradise
   Scene 10.  The Cognoscenti Are Plunged Into a Demonic Descent While at 
      Cocktails
   Epilogue

Windsong (1955)  for film by Madeline Tourtelot
rewritten as 
Daphne of the Dunes (1967) for dance...for kithara, surrogate kithara,  four 
          harmonic canons, chromelodeon, diamond marimba, boo, spoils of war, bass marimba, 
          cloud chamber bowls, adapted viola, gourd tree & cone gongs plus pre-recorded tape of 
          harmonic canons, kithara, diamond marimba & boo---
 
Revelations in the Courthouse Park---after The Bacchae 
          of Euripides    (1960)  a "double-tale" which alternates between The Bacchae and a 
          modern parallel, set in the "Courthouse Park" with text by Harry Partch.  The cast doubles 
          between parallel characters. 

     The Cast:
          Baritone:            Dion, Hollywood king of the Ishbu Kubu
                                      Dionysos, ancient god of the Bacchae---the same person
          Tenor baritone: Sonny, young man in the Courthouse Park
                                      Pentheus, young king of ancient Thebes---the same person
          Soprano:            Mom, devotee of Ishbu Kubu and mother of Sonny
                                      Agave, leader of the Theban Bacchae and mother of Pentheus---the same 
                                           person 
          Contralto:            Korypheus, leader of the Chorus of the Bacchae
          Chorus of eight women (including Korypheus) who follow Dion & Dionysos
          Chorus of four men
          Cadmus, Tiresias, the Herdsman, the Guard, who must speak rhythmically

     Entertainers in the Courthouse Park:
          Band: 2 piccolos, 3 trumpets, 2trombones, tuba, snare drum & bass drum
          2 guitarists, 4 twirlers & majorettes, 8 clog dancers (4 men, 4 women), 4 tumblers

     Other instrumental parts: 2 kitharas, 3 harmonic canons, double bass, crychord, 2 adapted 
          guitars, adapted viola, 2 chromelodeons, bloboy, spoils of war, diamond marimba, boo, 
          marimba eroica (2 players), cloud chamber bowls & cone gongs (2 players), bass marimba 
         (2 players), drone devils (jaw harps), pre-recorded tape

Rotate the Body in All Its Planes   (1961)   music for an exhibition of gymnasts
          --- for most of the instruments used in Revelations in the Courthouse Park

Bless This Home   (1961)  text by Vincenzo Prockelo --- for intoning voice, oboe, 
          adapted viola, kithara, harmonic canon & mazda marimba
 
Water! Water! (1961)  text by Harry Partch --- although this large music theatre 
          work was performed three times during 1962, Partch considered it an unfinished work

And on the Seventh Day Petals Fell in 
Petaluma  (1963-66)  for adapted guitar, 2 kitharas, surrogate kithara, 5 harmonic 
          canons, 2 chromelodeons, bloboy, koto, crychord, diamond marimba, bass marimba, 
          marimba eroica, boo, cloud chamber bowls, spoils of war, gourd tree, cone gongs, mazda 
          marimba, zymo-xyl, drone devils, gubagubi

Delusion of the Fury---A Ritual of Dream and Delusion  (1965-66) --- 2 acts performed without a break
          Act I based on an 11th century Japanese story---historical, legendary & intensely serious
          Act II based on an African folk tale---highly farcical
    The cast (3 principals):
          Tenor-baritone: The Slayer, in Act I
                                      The Young Vagabond, in Act II---the same person
          Soprano:            The Son, in Act I
                                      The Old Goat Woman, in Act II---the same person
          Bass:                  The Slain as a Ghost, in Act I
                                      The Justice of the Peace, in Act II---the same person
          Numerous dancers/mime actors
   Instrumental ensemble: adapted guitar, 2 chromelodeons, 2 kithars, surrogate kithara, 
          5 harmonic canons,  bloboy, koto, crychord,diamond marimba, quadrangularis reversum,
          bass marimba, marimba eroica, boo, eucal blossom, gourd tree, cone gongs, cloud 
          chamber bowls, spoils of war, zymo-xyl, mazda marimba, ugumbo, waving drums, Bolivian 
          double flute, mbira, ektara, rotating drum, belly drums, gourd drum, 6 bamboo claves, 
          4 eucalyptus claves & rhythm boat

The Dreamer That Remains---A Study in Loving  (1972)  text by Harry 
          Partch --- for narrating/intoning voice, chorus, fifteen instruments