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Henry Cowell

p, 1897-1965 US, Menlo Park, California
Musician / Composer of Classical
A.k.a. Henry Dixon Cowell

Henry Cowell (born March 11, 1897, Menlo Park, California, USA – died December 10, 1965, Shady, New York, USA) was an American composer, music theorist, pianist, teacher, publisher, and impresario.

     
Genres
  • Classical
  • Folk
  • Jazz
Popular Tracks   
The Banshee on Cowell: Homage To Iran / Piano Pieces / Set of Five / Six Casual Developments / Two Songs by Henry Cowell
The Tides of Manaunaun - 1912 on Minimal Harp by Floraleda Sacchi, Lou Harrison, John Cage, Henry Cowell, Philip Glass, Nicola Campogrande, Arvo Pärt, György Ligeti, Peter Machajdik & Michael Nyman
Sailor's Hornpipe on Cowell & Grainger: Works for Saxophones by Ulrich Krieger & Charles Peltz
Hymn And Fuguing Tune No. 10 on Barber: Adagio For Strings / Copland: Quiet City / Ives: Symphony No.3, etc. by Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Samuel Barber, Sir Neville Marriner, Charles Ives, Aaron Copland, Henry Cowell & Paul Creston
Piano Trio, Four Combinations of Three Instruments, HC. 383: II. Largo on Aaron Copland Vitbsk and other American Piano Trios by The Hartley Trio
Irish Suite: The Fairy Bells on Cowell: Quartet / Violin Suite / Songs / Piano Pieces / Polyphonica / Irish Suite by Henry Cowell
Ensemble for String Quintet and Thunder Sticks (1956 version): I. Larghetto on Cowell: Music for Strings by Henry Cowell, Northwest Chamber Orchestra Seattle & Alun Francis
Pulse on Kroumata Percussion Ensemble by Kroumata Percussion Ensemble
Homage to Iran: II. Interlude (Presto) on Cowell: Homage To Iran / Piano Pieces / Set of Five / Six Casual Developments / Two Songs by Henry Cowell
Quartet for Flute, Oboe, Cello & Harp: II. Lento on Cowell: Mosaic by Henry Cowell, Colorado String Quartet, Musicians Accord & Tanía León

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Discography



Title Artist Year Type
Journey To America: 20th Century American Piano MusicYoumee Kim, Benjamin Lees, James Primosch, Henry Cowell, Libby Larsen2017Album
Works For SaxophoneUlrich Krieger - Henry Cowell & Percy Grainger2016Album
Amiable ConversationHenry Cowell - John Cage2015Album
American MavericksThe San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas, Henry Cowell, Lou Harrison, Edgard Varèse2012Album
Restless, Endless, Tactless : Johanna Beyer And The Birth Of American Percussion MusicJohn J. Becker, Johanna Magdalena Beyer, Henry Cowell, Harold G. Davidson, Ray Green, Doris Humphrey, Gerald Strang / Meehan/Perkins Duo & The Baylor Percussion Group2011Album
From The New World (Rassegna Di Nuova Musica Vol. 1)John Cage, Henry Cowell, Jacob Druckman, Morton Feldman, Charles Ives, Terry Riley, Roger Sessions - Francesco Dillon, Lucas Fels, Michael Svoboda, Banda Comunale Giuseppe Verdi Di Pollenza, Fausto Bongelli, Peter Söderberg, Stefano Scodanibbio2006Album
A Continuum Portrait • 1 (Quartet For Flute, Oboe, Cello And Harpsichord / Suite For Violin And Piano / Songs And Piano Pieces / Polyphonica • Irish Suite)Henry Cowell, Continuum, Cheryl Seltzer, Joel Sachs2005Album
Music 1957 / Symphony No. 2Henry Cowell / Robert Kelly2005Album
Homage To Iran ● Piano Pieces ● Set Of Five ● Six Casual Developments ● Two SongsHenry Cowell2005Album
American MusicLeonard Bernstein / Henry Cowell / Richard Felciano / Aaron Copland / John Cage / Elliott Carter / Philip Glass - Béatrice Berne, Laurent Martin2003Album
Ongaku / Symphony No. 11 / ThesisHenry Cowell – The Louisville Orchestra2001Compil.
American Piano ConcertosHenry Cowell2001Album
Dancing With Henry - New Discoveries In The Music Of Henry CowellHenry Cowell2001Album
Wizards & WildmenAnthony De Mare / Charles Ives, Henry Cowell, Lou Harrison2000Album
New Music - Piano Compositions By Henry CowellHenry Cowell / Chris Brown / Sorrel Hays / Joseph Kubera / Sarah Cahill1999Compil.
MosaicHenry Cowell1999Album
Quartet RomanticHenry Cowell, Lou Harrison, Wallingford Riegger, Ruth Crawford Seeger, John J. Becker1998Compil.
ExultationBradford Gowen, Henry Cowell, George Perle, Samuel Adler, Robert Evett, Frederic Goossen, Wendell Keeney1998Album
Hovhaness: Triptych • The Holy City • Meditation On Orpheus / Cowell: Music 1957 • SynchronyAlan Hovhaness, Henry Cowell1997Compil.
Orchestral WorksHenry Cowell1997Compil.
American Composers At The PianoMarc Blitzstein, Henry Cowell, Norman Dello Joio, Lukas Foss, Leo Smit1996Album
Second Construction/Pulse/Sisu/Hiérophonie V/Concerto For Jazz Drummer & Symphony Orchestra/Carmen Suite (The Carmen Ballet)John Cage, Henry Cowell, Torbjörn Iwan Lundquist, Yoshihisa Taïra, Harold Farberman, Georges Bizet / Родион Щедрин : Kroumata Percussion Ensemble / Louis Bellson1995Album
Set Of Five; Four Combinations for Three Instruments; Hymn & Fuguing Tune No. 9; Trio In Nine Short MovementsHenry Cowell, Trio Phoenix1995Album
The Bad Boys!George Antheil, Henry Cowell, Leo Ornstein - Steffen Schleiermacher1994Album
Fiddler's Jig / Air & Scherzo / Concerto Grosso / Hymn & Fuguing Tune No. 10Henry Cowell / Vincent Persichetti / Edward MacDowell1994Album
Music For StringsHenry Cowell, Northwest Chamber Orchestra Seattle, Alun Francis1993Album
Persian SetHenry Cowell - The Manhattan Chamber Orchestra, Richard Auldon Clark1993Album
Aaron Copland Vitebsk And Other American Piano TriosHartley Piano Trio - Amy Marcy Cheney Beach, Ernest Bloch, Aaron Copland, Henry Cowell, Charles Ives1993Album
Set Of FiveAbel-Steinberg-Winant Trio, John Cage, Henry Cowell, Lou Harrison, Alan Hovhaness, Somei Satoh1991Album
Meditations On Ecclesiastes / Symphony No. 5 / In MemoriamNorman Dello Joio / Henry Cowell / Douglas Moore1990Compil.
Modern Masters IIDavid Ward-Steinman / Paul Turok / Norman Dello Joio / Henry Cowell / Paul Creston - City Of London Sinfonia, David Amos1990Album
20th Century Harpsichord WorksCarole Terry - Henry Cowell / Vincent Persichetti / William Albright / Ned Rorem1986Album
Piano, Chamber, And Vocal WorksHenry Cowell, Continuum1986Album
Primitivismo E Mito Della MacchinaGeorge Antheil, Henry Cowell, Alfredo Casella, Arthur Honegger - Daniele Lombardi1986Compil.
Elegy And Exaltation / Lamentations / Six Miniatures / Cleistogamy / Four CombinationsDavid Ashley White / Henry Cowell - The Mirecourt Trio, Leslie Morgan1984Album
Da Capo In SongAaron Copland, Henry Cowell, Miriam Gideon, Louise Talma1984Album
American Classics For String QuartetAaron Copland, Charles Ives, Samuel Barber & Henry Cowell - The Composers Quartet1983Album
At The Tomb Of Charles Ives / Divertimento / Party Pieces / Academic GraffitiThe Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra, Lukas Foss - Lou Harrison / Vladimir Ussachevsky / John Cage, Henry Cowell, Virgil Thomson / Leo Smit1983Album
Sonata For Trombone And Piano / Hymn And Fuguing Tune No. 13 / Elegy For Mippy II / Sonata For Trombone And Piano / Annie Laurie (Air Varie) / Tres Psalmi Davidis (For Soprano And Trombone)Ronald Borror With Lucy Shelton, Edmund Niemann - Halsey Stevens / Henry Cowell / Leonard Bernstein / Otto Luening / Arthur Pryor / Karl Kroeger1982Album
Cinq Chorals Dans Les Modes Du Moyen-Age / Mutabili / Hymn And Fuguing Tune No. 2 / Ballad / Hymn And Fuguing Tune No. 3Charles Koechlin, Robert Starer, Henry Cowell1980Album
Complete Works For Violin & PianoHenry Cowell1980Album
Adoration Of The ClashDoris Hays - Henry Cowell, Morton Feldman, Ilhan Mimaroglu, Leo Ornstein, Russell Peck1979Album
The Koussevitzky Legacy (The Double Bass Concerto / Concerto For String Quartet, Wind Instruments And Percussion / Hymn And Fuguing Tune No. 2)Serge Koussevitzky / Walter Piston / Henry Cowell1978Album
Works By: Henry Cowell / Wallingford Riegger / John J. Becker / Ruth Crawford SeegerHenry Cowell, Wallingford Riegger, John J. Becker, Ruth Crawford Seeger1978Album
The Piano Music Of Henry CowellDoris Hays - Henry Cowell1977Album
Trio / Elegy / Hymn And Fuguing Tune No. 9 / Four Declamations With Return / Gravely And VigorouslyPaul Chihara / Henry Cowell - The Mirecourt Trio1977Album
ObresCarles Santos Obres De Henry Cowell, John Cage, Anton Webern, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Josep Maria Mestres Quadreny1977Album
Works By Arthur Shepherd, Henry Cowell, Roy HarrisArthur Shepherd / Henry Cowell / Roy Harris1977Album
Sound Forms For PianoHenry Cowell / John Cage / Ben Johnston / Conlon Nancarrow - Robert Miller1976Album
George Rochberg - Henry Cowell - John Russo - David CopeGeorge Rochberg, Henry Cowell, John Russo, David Cope1976Album
Adagio For Strings / Symphony No. 3 / Quiet City / Hymn And Fuguing Tune No. 10 / A RumorSamuel Barber / Charles Ives / Aaron Copland / Henry Cowell / Paul Creston - The Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Sir Neville Marriner1976Album
Percussion MusicThe New Jersey Percussion Ensemble, Raymond Des Roches, Edgard Varèse, Michael Colgrass, Henry Cowell, David Saperstein, Kil-sung Oak1974Album
Session; Cowell; Lybbert; TalmaHenry Cowell / Donald Lybbert / Roger Sessions / Louise Talma, Herbert Rogers1970Album
Variations, Synchrony, "... If He Please"Henry Cowell1967Album
Trio For Violin, 'Cello And Piano / Trio For Violin, 'Cello And Piano OP. 40Henry Cowell / Alexander Semmler, The Philharmonia Trio1966Album
Leifs : Iceland Overture / Isolfsson : Passacaglia / Cowell : Symphony No. 16Jón Leifs / Páll Ísólfsson / Henry Cowell1963Album
Primitive Music Of The WorldHenry Cowell1962Compil.
Five Pieces For Winds & Percussion Op.83, Sonatinetta For Flute Clarinet & Bassoon Op.84, String Quartet No.5 (1962)Ernst Toch, Henry Cowell, Philadelphia Woodwind Quintet, Beaux Arts String Quartet1962Album
Folk Music Of The U. S. S. R.Henry Cowell1961Compil.
Homage To Iran / Three String QuartetsHenry Cowell1960Album
Ongaku For Orchestra/Symphony No. 2The Louisville Orchestra / Henry Cowell, Benjamin Lees1959Album
Music Of The World's Peoples, Volume FourHenry Cowell1958Compil.
Tone Cluster Pieces And Other Piano Music / Prelude For Violin And Harpsichord / Concerto For Celesta And Harpsichord Soli / Cantilena/Capriccio For Violin And Harpsichord / Duet For Violin And HarpsichordHenry Cowell / Daniel Pinkham / Alan Hovhaness1957Album
Symphony No. 10 / Hymn and Fuguing Tunes No. 2 & 5 / Ballad / Fiddler's JigHenry Cowell, Vienna Orchestral Society, F. Charles Adler1957Album
Persian Set / Suite For Violin, Piano And Small OrchestraLeopold Stokowski Conducts Henry Cowell / Lou Harrison1957Album
Set Of Five / Kirgiz Suite / Sonata No. 4Henry Cowell, Alan Hovhaness, Charles Ives1957Album
New Dance / Concerto No. 1 For Orchestra ("Arevakal") / Symphony No. 4Wallingford Riegger / Alan Hovhaness / Henry Cowell1956Album
Ruggles: Lilacs; Portals; Evocations - Cowell: ToccantaCarl Ruggles, Henry Cowell1955Album
Sonata No. 1 For Violin And Piano / Sonata For Piano Four HandsHenry Cowell / Harold Shapero1954Album
Symphony No. 7 / Adagio And Allegro • Jubilation OvertureHenry Cowell, Robert Ward, William Strickland, Wiener Symphoniker1953Album
New Dance / Ballad And Dance From Symphony No. 4Wallingford Riegger / Henry Cowell1953Single
The Piano Music Of Henry CowellHenry Cowell1951Single
Symphony #5Henry Cowell1951Album
4 American Landscapes: Dance In The Place Congo / Quiet City / Housatonic / Ancient Desert DroneHenry F. Gilbert / Aaron Copland / Charles Ives / Henry Cowell - Janssen Symphony Of Los Angeles / Werner Janssen1949Album
Tales Of Our CountrysideHenry Cowell1941Album
Randall Thompson Symphony No. 2 / Henry Cowell Symphony No. 5Randall Thompson, Henry Cowell - Wiener Symphoniker, Dean DixonAlbum
The Minotaur / Symphony No. 4 / New DanceElliott Carter, Henry Cowell, Wallingford Riegger / Howard Hanson Conducting The Eastman-Rochester OrchestraAlbum
Second Construction (1940) ─ Pulse (1939) ─ Sisu (1976) ─ Hiérophonie V (1974)Kroumata Percussion Ensemble, John Cage, Henry Cowell, Torbjörn Iwan Lundquist, Yoshihisa TaïraAlbum
Symphony No. 7 / Adagio And Allegro • Jubilation OvertureHenry Cowell, Robert Ward, Wiener Symphoniker, William StricklandAlbum
Concerto For Violin And Orchestra / Symphony No. 7Harrison Kerr / Henry CowellAlbum
Henry Cowell Symphony No.5, Walter Piston Symphony No.2Henry Cowell, Walter PistonAlbum
Thesis / Ballet Suite, “La Madrugada Del Panadero”Henry Cowell / Rodolfo Halffter – The Louisville Orchestra, Robert WhitneyAlbum
Symphony Number 10 / Fiddler's Jig / Begleitmusik, Op. 54Henry Cowell, Arnold SchoenbergAlbum
Cowell: "...If He Please"; Ward: Hush'd Be The Camps Today; Sowerby: Classic ConcertoHenry Cowell, Robert Ward, Leo SowerbyAlbum
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