Henry Cowell
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American composer, music theorist, pianist, teacher, publisher, and impresario (1897-1965)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1897
- Died
- 1965
- Works
- 87
Top works
- American composers on American music
- Folk music of the USSR
- The world's vocal arts
- Music of the world's peoples. [Vol. 1]
- Thesis
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1897-03-11
- Active to
- 1965-12-10
Discography
- Henry Cowell: Persian Set/Lou Harrison: Suite1957
- Primitive Music of the World1962
- Trio / Elegy / Hymn and Fuguing Tune no. 9 / Four Declamations With Return / Gravely and Vigorously1977
- Double Concerto for Violin and Cello with Javanese Gamelan1990
- Classic Ultra-Modernist, Volume II1992
- Fiddler's Jig / Air & Scherzo / Concerto grosso / Hymn & Fuguing Tune no. 101994
- Music for Strings1994
- Persian Set1994
- The Bad Boys!1994
- Piano Music1994
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 27,634
- Total plays
- 223,681
Tags
Henry Cowell (March 11, 1897 - December 10, 1965) was an American composer, musical theorist, pianist, teacher, publisher, and impresario. His contribution to the world of music was summed up by Virgil Thomson, writing in the early 1950s: "Henry Cowell's music covers a wider range in both expression and technique than that of any other living composer. His experiments begun three decades ago in rhythm, in harmony, and in instrumental sonorities were considered then by many to be wild. <a href="
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Henry
- Family name
- Cowell
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Menlo Park
- Place of death
- New York City
- Spouse
- Sidney Robertson Cowell
- Occupation
- pianist
- Educated at
- University of California, Berkeley
- Employer
- Columbia University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- classical music
- Instrument
- piano
- Image
- Henry Cowell portrait NYPL 4002097 (cropped).jpg
- Work location
- Brno
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- Commons category
- Henry Cowell
- member of
- American Academy of Arts and Letters
- date of birth
- 1897-03-11
- date of death
- 1965-12-10
- name in native language
- Henry Cowell
- student
- John Cage
- place of burial
- Cypress Lawn Memorial Park
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Works in European collections
1 object attributed to Henry Cowell, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana