Henry Cowell: living in the whole world of music
Nicholls, David (1998) Henry Cowell: living in the whole world of music. In, Nicholls, David (ed.) Whole World of Music: A Henry Cowell Symposium. New York, USA, Routledge, 1-12. (Contemporary Music Studies).
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It is impossible to contain Henry Cowell within the boundaries of the consistencies of forms, styles, ensembles, and genres of Western art music. John Cage once described Cowell as the "open sesame for new music in America." Of the thousand or so works catalogued by William Lichtenwanger, the majority are formally innovative single movement vocal or instrumental pieces, although there are 20 symphonies, five string quartets, and 8 suites of various kinds. Cowell was also innovative in his use of instruments from different cultures (jalatarang, dragonmouths, Japanese wind glasses, the shakuhachi flute) and in this book, Lou Harrison writes of Cowell's "adventurous promotion of automobile junkyards for the finding of new sounds." In addition, Cowell was a tireless advocate of new music in the West, and Musics from other cultures worldwide, as a teacher, lecturer, publisher, and performer. He founded New Music Quarterly in 1927
| Item Type: | Book Section |
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| ISBNs: | 9789057550041 (paperback) |
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| Subjects: | M Music and Books on Music > ML Literature of music |
| Divisions: | University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Humanities > Music |
| Item ID: | 67441 |
| Date Deposited: | 20 Aug 2009 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Mar 2012 13:56 |
| Contributors: | Nicholls, David (Author) Nicholls, David (Editor) |
| Date: | 7 January 1998 |
| Status: | Published |
| Publisher: | Routledge |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/67441 |
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