Listening Through The Dictionary of Composers and Their Music
Roy Harris (1898-1979)
Bio
Roy Harris was born in Oklahoma and went West to study music at Cal-Berkeley. He learned from Arthur Bliss and Arthur Farwell and leveraged a relationship with Aaron Copland into an introduction to Nadia Boulanger. He and Howard Hanson worked together at the Eastman School of Music while Harris' compositions were championed by Serge Koussevitsky with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. He taught at several of the premier American musical institutions including Juilliard.
Music
Symphony No. 1
Symphony No. 6 "Gettysburg Address"
Symphony No. 4 "Folk Song Symphony"
Symphony No. 3
Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra
Trio for Violin, Piano, and Cello
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