Henry Cowell
Henry Dixon Cowell (; March 11, 1897 – December 10, 1965) was an American composer, writer, pianist, publisher, teacher and the husband of Sidney Robertson Cowell. Earning a reputation as an extremely controversial performer and eccentric composer, Cowell became a leading figure of American avant-garde music for the first half of the 20th century — his writings and music serving as a great influence to similar artists at the time, including Lou Harrison, George Antheil, and John Cage, among others. He is considered one of America's most important and influential composers.Cowell was mostly self-taught and developed a unique musical language, often blending folk melodies, dissonant counterpoint, unconventional orchestration, and themes of Irish paganism. He was an early proponent and innovator of many modernist compositional techniques and sensibilities, many for the piano, including the string piano, prepared piano, tone clusters, and graphic notation. ''The Tides of Manaunaun'', originally a theatrical prelude, is the best-known and most widely-performed of Cowell's tone cluster pieces for piano. Provided by Wikipedia
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by Cowell, Henry, 1897-1965
Published 1963
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by Cowell, Henry, 1897-1965
Published 1955
Published 1955
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by Cowell, Henry, 1897-1965
Published 1968
Published 1968
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by Cowell, Henry, 1897-1965
Published 1957
Published 1957
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by Cowell, Henry, 1897-1965
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by Cowell, Henry, 1897-1965
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by Cowell, Henry, 1897-1965
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by Cowell, Henry, 1897-1965
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by Cowell, Henry, 1897-1965
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by Cowell, Henry, 1897-1965
Published 1969
Published 1969
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by Cowell, Henry, 1897-1965
Published 1933
Published 1933
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by Cowell, Henry, 1897-1965
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by Cowell, Henry, 1897-1965
Published 1930
Published 1930
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by Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989, Hughes, Robert, 1933-, Cowell, Henry, 1897-1965, Cage, John, Harrison, Lou, 1917-2003
Published 1982
Published 1982
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by Shapero, Harold, 1920-2013
Published 1950
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by Mead, Rita H.
Published 1981
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by Riegger, Wallingford, 1885-1961
Published 1950
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