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Henry Cowell 1897 – 1965 |
Cowell wurde am 11. März 1897 in Menlo Park, Kalifornien geboren. Er erhielt früh Violinunterricht, wendete sich aber bald der Komposition zu. Ab 1910 erhielt er Klavierunterricht bei verschiedenen kalifornischen Klavierlehrern, ab 1914 studierte er Komposition bei Charles Seeger an der University of California. 1918 – 1919 leistete Cowell seinen Kriegsdienst ab. Zwischen 1923 – 1933 fanden fünf Europabesuche statt, Cowell knüpfte Kontakte mit Bartók und Webern, und wurde Schüler von Schönberg. Zur gleichen Zeit begann er intensiv außereuropäische Musik zu studieren, unter anderem unter der Anleitung Erich von Hornbostels. Ab 1941 war er als Lehrer an der New School of Social Research und am Peabody Conservatory tätig. Cowell starb am 10. Dezember 1965 in New York. | |
| Werke | Orchestral: (symphonies)
No. l, b, 1915-16, unpubd; no. 2 »Anthropos«, 1938-39;
no. 3 »Gaelic«, 1942; no. 4 (Short Sym.), 1946; no. 5,
1948; no. 6, 1950-55; no. 7, 1952; no.8 »Choral«, SATB,
orch, 1952, unpubd; no.9, 1952-53; no. 10, 1952-53; no. 11 »The
Seven Rituals of Music«, 1953-54; no. 12, 1955-56; no. 13 »Madras«,
tablas, jala-tarang, orch, 1957-58; no. 14, 1959-60; no. 15 »Thesis«,
1960; no.16 »Icelandic«, 1962; no. 17 »Lancaster«,
1962; no. 18, 1964; no. 19, 1964; no. 20, 1964-65; no. 21, 1963-65,
inc., unpubd (concertante works) lrish Suite, pf, chamber orch, 1928,
unpubd; Pf Conc., 1929; Rhythmicon Conc. (Rhythmicana), 1931; Tales
of our Countryside, pf, orch, 1941; Little Conc. (Conc. piccolo),
pf, bandforch, 1941; Suite, pf, str, 1941, unpubd; Air, vn, str, 1952;
Fiddler's Jig, vn, str, 1952; Perc Conc., 1958-59; Conc. brevis, accordion,
orch, 1961; Variations on Thirds, 2 va, str, 1960; Harmonica Conc.,
1960-61; Air and Scherzo, sax, chamber orch, 1961; Duo concertante,
fi, harp, orch, 1961; 2 koto concs., 1962, 1964-65; Conc. grosso,
fi, ob, cl, vc, harp, str, 1963; Harp Conc., 1965 (other works) Vestiges,
1914-20; Some Music, 1915-16; Some More-Music, 1915-16, unpubd; Ensemble,
chamber orch, 1925, unpubd, rev. 1928 as Sinfonietta; Polyphonica,
chamber orch, 1925; Exultation, str, 1928; Appositions, str, 1928,
rev. 1932, unpubd; Synchrony, 1929-30; Heroic Dance, chamber orch,
1930, unpubd; Competitive Sport, 1931, unpubd; Steel and Stone, 1931,
unpubd; Reel, 1933, unpubd; Reel, no. 21, 1934, unpubd; Old American
Country Set, 1937-39; Celtic Set, orch/band, 1938-39; A Curse and
a Blessing, band, 1939, 1949 Sym. Set, op. 17, 1938-39; Shoonthree,
band/orch, 1939; Ancient Desert Drone, 1939-40; Pastorale and Fiddler's
Delight, 1940; American Melting Pot, 1940, unpubd; Shipshape Ov.,
band, 1940; Festive Occasion, band, 1942, unpubd; United Music, 1943;
American Pipers, 1943; Hymn and Fuguing Tune no. 1, band, 1943; Hymn
and Fuguing Tune no. 2, str, 1944; Hymn and Fuguing Tune no. 3, 1944;
Animal Magic (of the Greenland Eskimo), band, 1944; Grandma's Rhumba,
band, 1945 Hymn and Fuguing Tune no. 5, str/SATB, 1945; Big Sing,
1946; Festival Ov., 2 orch, 1946, unpubd; Hymn, Chorale and Fuguing
Tune no. 8, str, 1947; Saturday Night at the Firehouse, 1948; Ov.,
1949; Singing Band, band, 1952; Rondo, 1953; Ballad, str, 1954 [arr.
of slow movt of Vn Sonata]; Hymn and Fuguing Tune no. 10, ob, str,
1955; Variations, 1956; Music, 1957; Ongaku, 1957; Antiphony, divided
orch, 1958-59; Characters, 1959; Chiaroscuro, 1960-61; Hymn and Fuguing
Tune no. 16, vn, orch/pf, 1963; Carol, 1965 [arr. of 2nd movt of Koto
Conc. no. 1]; Twilight in Texas (1966); The Tender and the Wild (1967)
Choral: The Morning Cometh, S/T, SATB, 1936; The Coming of Light, SSAA, 1937; American Muse, SA, pf, 1943; Fire and Ice (Frost), ITBB, band, pf, 1943; Sweet Christmas Song, SATB, 1943; The lrish Girl, SATB, pfad hib, 1944; The Irishman Lilts, SSA, 1944; Hymn and Fuguing Tune no. 4, SAT/3 rec/insts, 1945, unpubd; Hymn and Fuguing Tune no. 5, SATB/str orch, 1945; The Road Leads into Tomorrow, SATB, 1945; Day, Evening, Night and Morning, 12 Cowen, Frederic Hymen TTBBB, 1946; To America, SATB, 1946; Canon »Air held her breath«, SATB, 1946 The Lily's Lament, SSA, 1947; Luther's Carol for his Son, TTBB, 1947; Do you Doodle as you Dawdle, SATB, pf, drums ad lib, 1948; Evensong at Brookside, TTBBB, 1948; Ballad of the Two Mothers, SSATBB, 1949; Lilting Fancy, SSAA, 1949; Garden Hymn for Easter [folksong arr.], SATB, 1950; Song for a Tree, SSA, 1950; With Choirs Divine, SSA, 1950; Spring at Summer's End, SSA, 1952; Psalm cxxi, SATB, 1953; ... if he please, SATB, orch, 1955; Granny, Does your Dog Bite? [folksong arr.], SATB, 1955; A Thanksgiving Psalm (Dead Sea Scrolls), TTBB, orch, 1955-56 Septet, SSATB, cl, pf, 1955-56; Sweet was the Song the Virgin Sung, SATB, pf/org, 1958; Edson Hymns and Fuguing Tunes, SSAATB, orch/org, 1960; Supplication, unison vv, org, 2 tpt, 2 trbn, timp, 1961; The Creator, double chorus, orch, 1963-64; Ultima actio, SATB, 1964 Edn. of United Nations: Songs of the People, 96 arrs., SATB (New York, 1945) Solo vocal: Golden Legend (Longfellow), lv, 1908, unpubd, lost; St Agnes Morning, lv, pf, 1916; Where she Lies, S/T, pf, 1924; Sunset, Rest, Mez/Bar, pf, 1930; Vocalise, 5, fi, pf, 1937; 3 Antimodernist Songs (Slonimsky), lv, pf, 1938, unpubd; Toccanta, lv, fi, vc, pf, 1938; How Old is Song?, lv, pf, 1942; The Pasture (Frost), lv, pf, 1945; Daybreak (Blake), B, pf, 1946; The Donkey, S/T, pf, 1946; Spring Comes Singing, lv, pf, 1954; The Little Black Boy, lv, pf, 1954; The Lost Jimmie Whalen [folksong arr.], lv, pf, 1954; High Let the Song Ascend, S/T, fi, pf, 1960; Firelight and Lamp, lv, pf, 1963 Chamber and instrumental: (for 5 – 10 insts) A Composition, ob, cl, bn, hn, pf, str qt, 1923; Ensemble, 2 vn, va, 2 vc, 3 thundersticks, 1924; Suite, wind qnt, 1931; Ostinato pianissimo, pf, 4 perc, 1934; Pulse, 6 perc, 1939; Action in Brass, 2 tpt, hn, 2 trbn, 1943; Fanfare to our Latin American Allies, brass, perc, 1944 Tall Tale, 2 tpt, hn, 2 trbn, tuba, 1947; Tune Takes a Trip, 5 cl, 1947; Grinnell Fanfare, org, brass, 1948, unpubd; Ballad, wind qnt, 1956 [arr. of slow movt of Vn Sonata]; Persian Set, pic, cl, tär, drum, pf, 3 vn, vc, db, 1956-57; Rondo, 3 tpt, 2 hn, 2 trbn, 1958; 26 Simultaneous Mosaics, cl, perc, pf, vn, vc, 1964 (for 3 – 4 insts) Str Qt no. 1 »Pedantic«, 1915-16; Qt Romantic, 2 fi, vn, va, 1915-17; Qt »Euphometric«, str qt, 1916-19; 7 Paragraphs, str trio, 1925; Str Qt no. 2 (Movt for Str Qt), 1934; Str Qt no. 3 (Mosaic Qt), 1935; Str Qt no. 4 (United Qt), 1936; Trickster Coyote, chimes, rec, perc, 1941, unpubd; Hymn and Fuguing Tune no. 4, 3 rec/SAT, 1945, unpubd; Sax Qt, 1946; Hymn, Chorale and Fuguing Tune no. 8, str qt, 1947 Sax-happy Qt, 2 a sax, t sax, bar sax, 1949; Set of Five, vn, pf, perc, 1952; Trio, fi, vn, harp, 1952; Qt, fi, ob, vc, hpd, 1954, unpubd; 3 Pieces, 2 tr rec, a rec, 1955; Str Qt no.5, 1955–56; Hymn and Fuguing Tune no. 12, 3 hn, 1957; Qt, fi, ob, vc, harp, 1962; Pf Trio in 9 Short Movts, 1964-65 (for 2 insts) Suite, vn, pf, 1925; 3 Ostinati with Chorales, ob, pf, 1937, unpubd; Triad, tpt, pf, 1939; 2 Bits, fi, pf, 1941; How Old ja Song (Celestial Vn), vn, pf, 1944; Sonata no. 1, vn, pf, 1945; Tom Binkley's Tune, bar hn, pf, 1945; Hymn and Fuguing Tune no. 7, va, pf, 1946; Set of Two, vn, pf, 1948, unpubd; 4 Declamations with Return, vc, pf, 1949, unpubd Hymn and Fuguing Tune no. 9, vc, pf, 1950; Homage to Iran, vn, pf, 1957; Flymn and Fuguing Tune no. 13, trbn, pf, 1960; Air and Scherzo, a sax, pf, 1961; Triple Rondo, fi, harp, 1961; Hymn and Fuguing Tune no. 15 (vn, va)/(vn, vc)/2 insts/vv, 1962, unpubd; Hymn and Fuguing Tune no. 16, vn, pf/orch, 1963; Hymn and Fuguing Tune no. 18, s sax, a sax, 1964 (for 1 inst) Processional, org, 1944; Perpetual Rhythm, accordion, 1949, rev. 1960; Ground and Fuguing Tune, org, 1955, unpubd; Prelude, org, 1957; Iridescent Rondo in Old Modes, accordion, 1959; Set of Four, hpd, 1960; Hymn and Fuguing Tune no. 14, org, 1962 Piano: Adventures in Harmony, ?1911, unpubd; The Tides of Manaunaun, 1912; Dynamic Motion, 1914; What's This (First Encore to »Dynamic Motion«), 1914; Advertisement (Third Encore to »Dynamic Motion«), 1914; Anger Dance, 1914; Antimony (Fourth Encore to »Dynamic Motion«), 1914, rev. 1959; Episode, 1916; Amiable Conversation (Second Encore to »Dynamic Motion«), 1917; Fabric, ?1917; Exultation, 1919; Voice of Lir, 1919; Vestiges, 1920; Snows of Fujiyama, 1922; The Hero Sun, 1922; Aeolian Harp, 1923 Harp of Life, 1924; Piece pour piano avec cordes, 1924; The Trumpet of Angus Og, 1924; Lilt of the Reel, 1925; The Banshee, 1925; Tiger, ?1928; Fairy Answer, 1929; Maestoso, 1929 |
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| Correspondence Schönberg - Cowell | Schönberg to Cowell |
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| 1932.06.03 | ich bestätige Ihnen dankend den | |||
| 1935.02.03 | I thank you very much for your | |||
| 1943.07.02 | Enclosed the contract, dear Mr. | |||
| 1948.11.06 | At first, I want to thank you for | |||
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| 1944.03.16 | This has no particular point except | |||
| 1948.10.22 | I was completely enthralled by the | |||
| 1949.11.24 | Last night was wonderful. The | |||
| [1943.06?.??] | As you know, our agreement for | |||
