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Born: March 11, 1897 in
Years Active: 20 's, 30 's, 40 's, 50 's, 60 's
Genre: Classical

Biography:
Of all the early-20th-century American musical revolutionaries, it is composer Henry Cowell whose influence was most vivid and far-reaching. Born in 1897, Cowell studied the violin briefly at age five, and began to write his own music by his eleventh ...More >>

Discography: Primitive Music of the World 1999 Mosaic 1993 Piano Music 1993 Persian Set 1977 Quartet Euphometric (1916-19) More >>

Similar Artists: Lou Harrison Ruth Crawford Seeger John Cage Lucia Dlugoszewski More >>

Influenced By: Charles Louis Seeger Charles Ives More >> Followers: Dominick Argento Paul Creston George Gershwin Louis and Bebe Barron Johanna Magdelena Beyer More >>

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