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Henry Dixon Cowell (/ ˈ k aʊ əl /; March 11, 1897 – December 10, 1965) was an American composer, writer, pianist, publisher, teacher and the husband of Sidney Robertson Cowell.
Henry Cowell (born March 11, 1897, Menlo Park, California, U.S.—died December 10, 1965, Shady, New York) was an American composer who, along with Charles Ives, was among the most innovative American composers of the 20th century.
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Dec 9, 2020 · According to Henry Cowell: A Banshee is a fairy woman who comes at the time of a death to take the soul back into the Inner World. She is uncomfortable on the mortal plane and wails her distress until she is safely out of it again.
Learn about Henry Cowell's life, works, and legacy as a pioneer of modern music. Explore his experiments in rhythm, harmony, and sonorities, and his influence as a teacher and publisher.
Dec 6, 1981 · Henry Cowell was a great American original. He almost singlehandedly initiated the focus on percussion that became a significant characteristic of much modern music.
Sep 19, 2012 · Henry Cowell played such a role in American music, as Joel Sachs’s new biography of the composer (reviewed in this week’s Briefly Noted section) makes clear.
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Cowell was the first American pianist to tour Soviet Russia. Though it may be apocryphal, some Eastern Europeans swear that the secundal harmony used by Poles Krzysztof Penderecki and Witold Lutoskavski, and by Hungarian György Ligeti, was influenced by the concerts of Henry Cowell in Europe.
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