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Whole World of Music - A Henry Cowell Symposium (Paperback)
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Whole World of Music - A Henry Cowell Symposium (Paperback)
Series: 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, wrote the influential book
"Ne
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