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Lou Harrison
ob, 1917-2003 US, Portland, Oregon
Composer of Classical
A.k.a. Lou Silver Harrison
Lou Silver Harrison (May 14, 1917 – February 2, 2003) was an American composer. He was a student of Henry Cowell, Arnold Schoenberg, and K. P. H. Notoprojo (formerly called K.R.T. Wasitodiningrat, informally called Pak Cokro).
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Plays With
| Oakland Symphony Youth Orchestra |
Popular Tracks 
Suite for Symphonic Strings: 2. Chorale "Et in Arcadio Ego" on Ung: Inner Voices / McPhee: Tabuh-Tabuhan / Harrison: Suite for Symphonic Strings by Dennis Russell Davies & American Composers Orchestra Avalokiteshvara (Music for Harp) - 1964 on Minimal Harp by Floraleda Sacchi, Lou Harrison, John Cage, Henry Cowell, Philip Glass, Nicola Campogrande, Arvo Pärt, György Ligeti, Peter Machajdik & Michael Nyman Four Pieces for Harp - Produced on The Music Of Lou Harrison by Lou Harrison Suite for Cello and Harp: I. Chorale on Harrison: Suites & Thomson: Stabat Mater and Capital, Capitals by Lou Harrison & Various Artists Beverly's Troubadour Piece on Harrison & Adams: Works for Harp, Guitar & Percussion by Just Strings Jahla (Music for Harp) - 1972 on Minimal Harp by Floraleda Sacchi, Lou Harrison, John Cage, Henry Cowell, Philip Glass, Nicola Campogrande, Arvo Pärt, György Ligeti, Peter Machajdik & Michael Nyman Ibu Trish on Palace by Evergreen Club Contemporary Gamelan Suite for Symphonic Strings: Nocturne on Harrison: For Strings by Lou Harrison, The New Professionals, Rebecca Miller & Wu Man Suite for Violin with American Gamelan: V. Chaconne on Lou Harrison: La Koro Sutro by Lou Harrison, Boston Modern Orchestra Project & Gil Rose Suite for Violin with American Gamelan: III. Air on Lou Harrison: La Koro Sutro by Lou Harrison, Boston Modern Orchestra Project & Gil RoseTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
Band Members
Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Composers-Critics of the New York Herald Tribune | Paul Bowles, Lou Harrison, Virgil Thomson, Peggy Glanville-Hicks, John Cage | 2017 | Album |
| Other Minds Festival 22 · Just 100: Homage To Lou Harrison | Lou Harrison / Isang Yun | 2017 | Album |
| Percussion Instruments In 20th Century American Music | Pekarsky Percussion Ensemble, Charles Ives, Lou Harrison, Alan Hovhaness, John Cage, John Luther Adams | 2014 | Album |
| Zia | Del Sol String Quartet - Gabriela Lena Frank, Lou Harrison, José Evangelista, Reza Vali, Elena Kats-Chernin | 2013 | Album |
| American Mavericks | The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas, Henry Cowell, Lou Harrison, Edgard Varèse | 2012 | Album |
| Antiphonies & Harrison's Clocks Piano Concertos | Joanna MacGregor - Harrison Birtwistle, Hugh Wood, Lou Harrison | 2011 | Album |
| Scenes from Cavafy: Music For Gamelan | Lou Harrison | 2010 | Album |
| The View From The Edge | Edgard Varèse / Carlos Chávez / Silvestre Revueltas / Olivier Messiaen / Lou Harrison | 2009 | Compil. |
| String Poetic | Jennifer Koh, Reiko Uchida, Jennifer Higdon, John Adams, Carl Ruggles, Lou Harrison | 2008 | Album |
| Suite For Violin With String Orchestra | Lou Harrison | 2005 | Album |
| For Strings | Lou Harrison / Wu Man, The New Professionals Orchestra, Rebecca Miller | 2004 | Album |
| Drums Along The Pacific | Lou Harrison | 2003 | Album |
| Works 1939 - 2000 | Lou Harrison | 2003 | Album |
| Serenado | Lou Harrison - David Tanenbaum, William Winant | 2003 | Album |
| A Hommage To Lou Harrison (Vol.4) | Lou Harrison / Tàmmittam Percussion Ensemble | 2003 | Album |
| Complete Harpsichord Works / Music For Tack Piano & Fortepiano In Historic And Experimental Tunings | Lou Harrison, Linda Burman-Hall | 2002 | Album |
| Labrynth | Lou Harrison - Maelström Percussion Ensemble Conducted By Jan Williams | 2000 | Album |
| Wizards & Wildmen | Anthony De Mare / Charles Ives, Henry Cowell, Lou Harrison | 2000 | Album |
| Double Concerto & Trio | Lou Harrison | 2000 | Compil. |
| Suite From The "Marriage At The Eiffel Tower" | Lou Harrison, Dennis Russell Davies, The Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra | 2000 | Album |
| Rhymes With Silver | Lou Harrison | 2000 | Album |
| Piano Concerto | Joanna MacGregor, Lou Harrison | 2000 | Album |
| Suite For Violin | Lou Harrison | 1999 | Album |
| Quartet Romantic | Henry Cowell, Lou Harrison, Wallingford Riegger, Ruth Crawford Seeger, John J. Becker | 1998 | Compil. |
| A Portrait | Lou Harrison Featuring Al Jarreau, California Symphony, Barry Jekowsky | 1997 | Album |
| Concerto In Slendro, Concerto For Violin And Percussion, Labyrinth No. 3 | Lou Harrison, Antonio Núñez, Basler Schlagzeug-Ensemble, Paul Sacher | 1997 | Album |
| Rapunzel And Other Works | Lou Harrison | 1997 | Album |
| Harrison: Symphony On G; Ruggles: Organum, Men & Mountains | Lou Harrison, Carl Ruggles | 1996 | Compil. |
| Tabuh-Tabuhan / Inner Voices / Suite For Symphonic Strings | Colin McPhee / Chinary Ung / Lou Harrison - American Composers Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies | 1995 | Album |
| American Concertos | Benjamin Lees, Robert Starer, Meyer Kupferman, Michael Colgrass, Lou Harrison, Walter Piston, William Bergsma | 1995 | Compil. |
| The Equal Tempered Lou Harrison: The Piano Music of Lou Harrison | Lou Harrison / Michael Boriskin | 1995 | Album |
| A Birthday Celebration | Lou Harrison, The University Of California Santa Cruz Chamber Singers, University Of California, Santa Cruz Chamber Orchestra | 1994 | Album |
| The Perilous Chapel | Lou Harrison | 1993 | Album |
| Lou Harrison - Gamelan Music | Lou Harrison | 1993 | Album |
| Berliner Messe / Mass To St. Anthony | Arvo Pärt / Lou Harrison - Oregon Repertory Singers / Gilbert Seeley | 1993 | Album |
| Concerto For Violin And Percussion Orchestra / Concerto For Organ With Percussion Orchestra | Lou Harrison - Eudice Shapiro, David Craighead, Los Angeles Percussion Ensemble, William Kraft | 1992 | Compil. |
| Seven Pastorales | Lou Harrison | 1992 | Album |
| Set Of Five | Abel-Steinberg-Winant Trio, John Cage, Henry Cowell, Lou Harrison, Alan Hovhaness, Somei Satoh | 1991 | Album |
| Music Of Lou Harrison | Lou Harrison | 1991 | Compil. |
| Third Symphony • Grand Duo For Violin & Piano | Lou Harrison - Dennis Russell Davies, Romuald Tecco, Cabrillo Music Festival Orchestra | 1991 | Album |
| Music For Guitar And Percussion | Lou Harrison – John Schneider | 1990 | Album |
| Solstice / Canticle #3 | Lou Harrison / Dennis Russell Davies | 1990 | Album |
| Mysterious Mountain • Lousadzak • Elegiac Symphony | Alan Hovhaness ; Lou Harrison – American Composers Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies - Keith Jarrett | 1989 | Album |
| La Koro Sutro | Lou Harrison | 1988 | Album |
| Works By Lou Harrison: Piano Concerto - Suite For Violin, Piano And Small Orchestra | Keith Jarrett, Lou Harrison - New Japan Philharmonic, Naoto Otomo - Lucy Stoltzman, Robert Hughes | 1988 | Album |
| Double Music - Works For Percussion And Strings | The New Music Consort, John Cage, Lukas Foss, Harvey Sollberger, Lou Harrison | 1985 | Album |
| The Kroumata Percussion Ensemble 2 / Manuela Wiesler, Flute | Kroumata Percussion Ensemble & Manuela Wiesler Play Music By André Jolivet, Lou Harrison, John Cage & Sven-David Sandström | 1984 | Album |
| At The Tomb Of Charles Ives / Divertimento / Party Pieces / Academic Graffiti | The Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra, Lukas Foss - Lou Harrison / Vladimir Ussachevsky / John Cage, Henry Cowell, Virgil Thomson / Leo Smit | 1983 | Album |
| Lou Harrison: Double Concerto For Violin And Cello With Javanese Gamelan, Paul Reale: Concerto "Dies Irae" For Piano Trio And Wind Ensemble | The Mirecourt Trio, Lou Harrison, Paul Reale | 1983 | Album |
| Three Pieces For Gamelan With Soloists / String Quartet Set | Lou Harrison | 1981 | Album |
| 20th Century Music For Voice & Guitar | John Cage • Elliott Carter • William Schuman • Andrew Imbrie • Harold Blumenfeld • Lou Harrison • Igor Stravinsky • William Bland • Barbara Kolb • Gregg Smith - Rosalind Rees ; David Starobin | 1978 | Album |
| Music For Organ, Gamelan, &c | Richard Felciano & Lou Harrison | 1978 | Album |
| Elegiac Symphony / Cadences | Lou Harrison / Robert Hughes - Oakland Symphony Youth Orchestra / Denis De Coteau | 1977 | Album |
| Concerto For Cello, Tape And Orchestra / Concerto For Violin And Percussion Orchestra | Meyer Kupferman / Lou Harrison | 1977 | Album |
| Song Of Quetzalcoatl, Music For Percussion Instruments | Lou Harrison, Michael Colgrass, Gerald Strang, Malloy Miller, Warren Benson | 1972 | Album |
| Crossroads / Rakka / Concerto In Slendro | Henry Brant / Glen Glasow / Lou Harrison - Daniel Kobialka | 1972 | Compil. |
| Pacifika Rondo / Four Pieces For Harp / Two Pieces For Psaltery / Music For Violin With Various Instruments, European, Asian And African | Lou Harrison - Oakland Symphony Youth Orchestra, Robert Hughes | 1971 | Album |
| Piano Sonata No. 2 / Suite For Percussion / Homunculus, C.F. | Elizabeth Gyring / Lou Harrison / Julia Perry | 1970 | Album |
| Symphony On G | Lou Harrison | 1969 | Album |
| Harrison: Four Strict Songs For Eight Baritones And Orchestra, Korn: Variations On A Tune From "The Beggar's Opera" | Lou Harrison, Peter Jona Korn, The Louisville Orchestra, Robert Whitney | 1958 | Album |
| Persian Set / Suite For Violin, Piano And Small Orchestra | Leopold Stokowski Conducts Henry Cowell / Lou Harrison | 1957 | Album |
| Missa Brevis - Mass | Wilhelm Killmayer, Lou Harrison | 1957 | Album |
| Suite For Violin, Piano And Small Orchestra / Symphony On Poems Of William Blake | Leopold Stokowski – Lou Harrison / Ben Weber | 1954 | Album |
| The Only Jealousy Of Emer | Lou Harrison And William Butler Yeats | 1951 | Album |
| Modern American Music Series: Stabat Mater / Capital, Capitals / Suite For 'Cello And Harp / Suite No. 2 For String Quartet | Virgil Thomson, Lou Harrison | Album | |
| Concerto For Violin And Percussion Orchestra / Concertino For Violin And Wind Octet | Lou Harrison, Robert Linn | Album |
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