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Henry Cowell

Henry Cowell has been played over 10 times on NTS, first on 7 February 2016. Henry Cowell's music has been featured on 14 episodes.

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. Today they are…

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The Snows Of Fujiyama
Henry Cowell
Circle Records1951
The Snows Of Fujiyama
Henry CowellCircle Records1951
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Aeolian Harp
Henry Cowell
Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI)1957
Aeolian Harp
Henry CowellComposers Recordings Inc. (CRI)1957
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Fairy Answer
Henry Cowell
Circle Records1951
Fairy Answer
Henry CowellCircle Records1951
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Hymn and Fuguing Tune No. 2
Henry Cowell, Vienna Orchestral Society, F. Charles Adler
Unicorn Records1957
Hymn and Fuguing Tune No. 2
Henry Cowell, Vienna Orchestral Society, F. Charles AdlerUnicorn Records1957
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Preludes
Steffen Schleiermacher, Dane Rudhyar, Ruth Crawford, Carl Ruggles, Henry Cowell
MDG2005
Preludes
Steffen Schleiermacher, Dane Rudhyar, Ruth Crawford, Carl Ruggles, Henry CowellMDG2005
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The Banshee
Doris Hays, Henry Cowell
Finnadar Records1977
The Banshee
Doris Hays, Henry CowellFinnadar Records1977
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Hymn For String Orchestra
Henry Cowell
Harmonia Mundi France, Harmonia Mundi1990
Hymn For String Orchestra
Henry CowellHarmonia Mundi France, Harmonia Mundi1990
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The Banshee
Henry Cowell
Naxos2005
The Banshee
Henry CowellNaxos2005
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The Hero Sun
Doris Hays, Henry Cowell
Finnadar Records1977
The Hero Sun
Doris Hays, Henry CowellFinnadar Records1977
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Anger Dance (1913)
Henry Cowell
hat ART1994
Anger Dance (1913)
Henry Cowellhat ART1994
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