Henry Cowell was an American composer born in 1897 in California to Bohemian parents. He was a musical prodigy who taught himself to play violin at age 5 and composed early works like Anger Dance and Dynamic Motion that explored polytonality and polyrhythms. Cowell had a successful international career in the 1920s touring America and Europe, and later founded organizations to support modern music. Some of his notable compositions include Anger Dance, Dynamic Motion, The Banshee, and Symphony No. 13, Madras.
Henry Cowell was an American composer born in 1897 in California to Bohemian parents. He was a musical prodigy who taught himself to play violin at age 5 and composed early works like Anger Dance and Dynamic Motion that explored polytonality and polyrhythms. Cowell had a successful international career in the 1920s touring America and Europe, and later founded organizations to support modern music. Some of his notable compositions include Anger Dance, Dynamic Motion, The Banshee, and Symphony No. 13, Madras.
Henry Cowell was an American composer born in 1897 in California to Bohemian parents. He was a musical prodigy who taught himself to play violin at age 5 and composed early works like Anger Dance and Dynamic Motion that explored polytonality and polyrhythms. Cowell had a successful international career in the 1920s touring America and Europe, and later founded organizations to support modern music. Some of his notable compositions include Anger Dance, Dynamic Motion, The Banshee, and Symphony No. 13, Madras.
• Dua penulis bohemian • Pendidikan musik non-formal • Memainkan biola pada usia 5 tahun • 1914 Anger Dance dan University of California • 1916 Dynamic Motion Karir
1920 Tour Amerika dan Eropa
Polytonality, polyrhythms Teknik piano string 1930 rhythmicon 1925 New Music Society 1928 Pan American Association of Composers 1931 Guggenheim mengirim Cowell ke Berlin 1934, Cowell mendirikan New Music Recordings 1936 dihukum penjara 1940 dibebaskan 1941 menikah dengan Sidney Hawkins Robertson Anger Dance (1914) Dynamic Motion (1916) The Banshee (1925) Tiger (1932) Ongaku (1957) Symphony No. 13, Madras (1956- 1958)