Listening Through The Dictionary of Composers and Their Music
Henry Cowell (1897-1965)
Bio
Cowell was a son of immigrants who studied under Charles Seeger, Edwards G. Stricklen, and Wallace A. Sabin at Cal-Berkley. He embraced the avant-garde movement at a young age and quickly became one of its leading students. He traveled the world studying various cultural musical styles writing about his discoveries. He made a significant impact on the development of atonality, polytonality, polyrhythm, and non-Western modalities. His tone cluster technique impressed and influenced Bartók in particular and he was an influence on a litany of composers including Antheil, Schoenberg, Copland, Bowles, and his good friend Charles Ives.
Music
Symphony No. 2 "Anthropos"
Symphony No. 11 "Seven Rituals of Music"
Symphony No. 7
Symphony No. 4 "Short Symphony"
Symphony No. 16 "Icelandic"
Symphony No. 5
Ensemble
Ongaku
Persian Set
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