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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
Photo from promotional flier for Cowell's 1924 Carnegie Hall debut
Henry playing the violin — aged 5 (c. 1902)
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
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
Cowell playing the piano, demonstrating his "forearm" technique by slamming down with his right arm on the middle register, c. 1920s
Sidney Robertson Cowell
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Sidney Robertson Cowell was an American ethnomusicologist, collector of folk songs, and the wife of the composer Henry Cowell.
Henry Cowell
…a theatrical prelude, is the best-known and most widely-performed of Cowell's tone cluster pieces for piano. He was married to ethnomusicologist Sidney Robertson Cowell. Cowell was born on March 11, 1897, in rural Menlo Park, California. His father, Henry Blackwood "Harry" Cowell, was a romantic poet and then-recent…
Portrait of Cowell c. 1948
Portrait of Cowell c. 1948