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Hovhaness, Alan
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Reviews of recordings by Rob Barnett from Classical CD Reviews-Feb 2000: Music on the Web(UK).
http://www.musicweb.uk.net/classrev/2000/feb00/hovaness.htm
Includes biography and discography with recommended listening.
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Classical Net Basic Repertoire List Hovhaness Copland and the rediscovery of Charles Ives (therefore roughly contemporaneous with William Schuman, David Diamond, Lukas Foss, Bernstein, etc but stylistically a maverick, whose music reflects a love of Western counterpoint and a personal fascination with by Indian, East Asian...Detailed biography with photos, discography, list of publishers, discussion of works, composer quotes, stylisic overview, the sixty-seven symphonies, recommended CDs, links, contact information.
http://www.hovhaness.com/
Biography and discussion of "Three Songs."
http://www.xs4all.nl/~gaud/oud/biobak/h/hovhanea.htm
Biography with studies, evolution of style, Armenian, Korean, and Japanese influences, use of religious themes, and types of works. From the Grove Concise Dictionary of Music entry at WQXR radio.
http://www.wqxr.com/cgi-bin/iowa.../learning/grove.html?record=4366
Vocal works, some with English texts, from the Lied and Art Song Texts Page at REC Music.
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Alan Hovhaness (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, Mélodies, Chansons and other Classical Vocal Music) Translators and other volunteers Contact Information Copyright Statement Partial Bibliography Emily's Homepage Emily's Amazon wishlist Please visit Artsconverge, a Lieder-related web-project on which I once did some work. Composer: Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000) Alphabetic listing of musical settings [warning not exhaustive...Includes biographical data, recommended CDs, links to books and sheet music, bibliography, and links to biographical essays from Dr. Estrella's Incredibly Abridged Dictionary of Composers.
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Dr. Estrella's Incredibly Abridged Dictionary of Composers Composers requires a frames-compatible web browser such as Netscape Navigator....Brief filmography with the Internet Movie Database includes biographical sketch.
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Alan Hovhaness Hovhaness to honor a grandfather show more) Sometimes Credited As: Alan Hovaness IMDbPro Professional Details Composer filmography (2000s 1990s 1980s) Entre père et fils (2003) Alaska: Spirit of the Wild (1997 song 34;Mysterious Mountain" from 34;Symphony No.2" 34;Cosmos" 1980 mini)...