AMERICAN HIGHWAYS #64: Henry Cowell – “Seven Rituals”
Henry Cowell, one of the great American composers, wrote an astonishing variety of symphonic works – large and small, intimate and bombastic, funny and poignant. An ardent ethnomusicologist, his influences range from Navaho chants to Japanese theater. This is the fourth in our sweeping symphonic series on Henry Cowell.
In this episode of American Highways, pianist Guy Livingston brings us orchestral music by this little-known American master:
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Theme Music :
Henry Cowell
Symphony #11 “Seven Rituals of Music”
VI. Vivace
Robert Whitney: Louisville Orchestra
First Edition FECD-0003
Henry Cowell
Symphony #11 (“Seven Rituals of Music”) (1954)
I. Andantino
II. Allegro
III. Lento
IV. Presto
V. Adagio
VI. Vivace
VII. Andante
Robert Whitney conducts the Louisville Orchestra
First Edition FECD-0003
Henry Cowell
Music When Soft Voices Die
Mary Ann Hart, Robert Osborne, Jeanne Golan
Albany Troy 240
Henry Cowell
Symphony No. 7
I. Maestoso
II. Andante
III. Presto
IV. Maestoso
William Strickland conducts the Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI) – CD 740
