Henry Cowell
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Henry Dixon Cowell was an American composer, writer, pianist, publisher, and music teacher. Earning a reputation as an extremely controversial performer and eccentric composer, Cowell became a leading
Photo from promotional flier for Cowell's 1924 Carnegie Hall debut
Henry playing the violin — aged 5 (c. 1902)
The original manuscript to Dynamic Motion (1916), showing the young Cowell's early methods for notating large piano clusters
Cowell playing the piano, demonstrating his "forearm" technique by slamming down with his right arm on the middle register, c. 1920s
Charles Ives
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Charles Edward Ives was an American modernist composer, actuary and businessman. Ives was among the earliest renowned American composers to achieve recognition on a global scale. His music was largely
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…Gerald Strang. Before the publication of the first issue, he solicited contributions from a then-obscure composer who became one of his closest friends, Charles Ives. Major scores by Ives, including the Comedy from his fourth symphony, Fourth of July, 34 Songs, and 19 Songs, would receive their first publication in…
Portrait c. 1947
Charles Ives, left, captain of the baseball team and pitcher for Hopkins Grammar School, aged 18 (c. 1893)
Ives's graduation portrait from Yale University, c. June 1898
Charles Ives House in Danbury, Connecticut