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The whole world of music: a Henry Cowell symposium

The whole world of music: a Henry Cowell symposium
The whole world of music: a Henry Cowell symposium
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, wrote the influential book Ne In this major book of articles.
9789057550034
Routledge
Nicholls, David
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Nicholls, David
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Nicholls, David (ed.) (1997) The whole world of music: a Henry Cowell symposium (Contemporary Music Studies), New York, USA. Routledge, 260pp.

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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, wrote the influential book Ne In this major book of articles.

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Published date: 1 July 1997

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Local EPrints ID: 67428
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/67428
ISBN: 9789057550034
PURE UUID: 722e495c-9d44-4b31-a618-e75959cacfca

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Date deposited: 04 Sep 2009
Last modified: 10 Dec 2021 16:16

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Editor: David Nicholls

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