Alan Hovhaness
Biography
Alan Hovhaness (March 8, 1911 – June 21, 2000) was an Armenian-American composer. He was one of the most prolific 20th-century composers, with his official catalog comprising 67 numbered symphonies (surviving manuscripts indicate over 70) and 434 opus numbers. The true tally is well over 500 surviving works since many opus numbers comprise two or more distinct works. The Boston Globe music critic Richard Buell wrote: "Although he has been stereotyped as a self-consciously Armenian composer (rather as Ernest Bloch is seen as a Jewish composer), his output assimilates the music of many cultures. What may be most American about all of it is the way it turns its materials into a kind of exoticism. The atmosphere is hushed, reverential, mystical, nostalgic."
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
20th year, 134th program, Music of Alan Hovhaness - Part 2 of 2, 1982-04-09
Music of Alan Hovhaness, 1982, Alan Hovhaness, Interlochen Arts Academy Choir, Interlochen Arts Academy
20th year, 134th program, The Music of Alan Hovhaness, 1982-04-09
Interlochen Arts Academy, Interlochen Arts Academy Orchestra, Interlochen Arts Academy Choir, 1982, Hovhaness
20th year, 136th program, Music of Alan Hovhaness, 1982-04-10
Music of Alan Hovhaness, Interlochen Arts Academy Orchestra, Interlochen Arts Academy Band, 1982, Alan Hovhaness, Interlochen Arts Academy
20th year, 136th program, The Music of Alan Hovhaness, 1982-04-10
Interlochen Arts Academy, Interlochen Arts Academy Orchestra, Interlochen Arts Academy Band, 1982, Hovhaness
37th season, 294th program, HSSB Broadcast - Part 3 of 3, 1964-08-15
National Music Camp, High School Symphonic Band, 1964, Hovhaness
Recording Content
Hovhaness, Symphony No. 14
37th season, HSSB, 1964
High School Symphonic Band, 1964, Hovland, Giannini, Goldman, Hovhaness, Tuthill, George C. Wilson, Butler Eitel, Raymond F. Dvorak, Alan Hovhaness
37th season, Lecture Recital "The Music of Hovhaness", Alan Hovhaness, 1964-08-14
National Music Camp, lecture, Hovhaness, 1964
Recording Content
Selections played: 1. Fragment from "Lousadzak" 2. Child in the Garden 3. Ko-ola-u 4. Toccata and Fugue 5. Lake of Van Sonata 6. Pastorale No. 1 7. Sonatina 8. Shalimar