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Hovhaness, Alan
Chakmakjian, Alan Hovhaness
birth name
Ovanes, Alan
composer, piano, writer
| born: 08 Mar 1911 |
Somerville, Massachusetts / state, USA |
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Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
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Indice Onomastico
p. 510-520 In:
Inchausteguie, Aristides
Vida musical en Santo Domingo (1940-1965)
Santo Domingo, D.N.: 1998, 529 p.
Number of People : 1,493
Classical music Hovhaness : Symphony No. 6 (Celestial Gate); Prelude and Quadruple Fugue; Tzaikerk; Prayer of Saint Gregory; Alleluia and Fugue; Concerto for Orchestra No. 7 (I Fiamminghi, Rudolf Werthen, conductor) (Telarc)
Stereo Review 61:116 Jan 1996
Johnson, B.
Record review Hovhaness : Symphony No. 1, Exile; the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam; Meditation on Orpheus; Fantasy on Japanese Woodprints (Michael York (narr), Seattle Symphony, c. Gerard Schwarz) (Delos)
Johnson, B.
Record review Hovhaness : Symphony No. 53, Star Dawn; Symphony No. 29 for Trombone and Band; the Flowering Peach (incidental music) (Christian Lindberg (tbn), Ohio State Concert Band, c. Keith Brion) (Delos)
Johnson, B.
Record review Hovhaness : Symphony No. 6, Celestial Gate; Tzaikerk; Prayer of St Gregory; Prelude and Quadruple Fugue; Alleluia and Fugue; Concerto No. 7 (The Orchestra of Flanders (I Flamminghi), c. Rudolf Werther) (Telarc)
The United States and Canada in the Twentieth Century
p. 500 In:
Gordon, Stewart
A History of Keyboard Literature.
Music for the Piano and its Forerunners
New York: Schirmer Books, 1996, 566 p.
Johnson, B.
Record review Hovhaness : Magnificat and Other Choral Works (Choir and Orchestra of St John's Cathedral, Denver, c. Donald Pearson) (Delos)
McGinnis, E.
Reviews of recordings Alan Hovhaness : Piano Music of Alan Hovhaness (Wayne Johnson, piano) (Crystal CD)
Sonneck Society For American Music Bulletin: 21:31-2 N3 1995
Waleson, H.
Classical/keeping score
Billboard 107:50 Apr 8 1995
Note: Delos recording of his Rubaiyat setting
Struble, John Warthen
The history of American classical music : MacDowell through Minimalism
By John Warthen Struble
Facts on File, 1995, 444 p.
Johnson, B.
Record review "Fred the Cat" and other Music for Piano, Including the Sonatas "Mount Ossipee", "Prospect Hill", "Mount Chocorua" (Marvin Rosen (pno)) (Koch International Classics)
Tempo N188:49-50 Mar 1994
Johnson, B.
Record review Symphony No. 46, To the Green Mountains, Op. 347; Symphony No. 39 for Guitar and Orchestra, Op. 321 (Michael Long (gtr), KBS Symphony Orchestra, c. Vakhtang Jordania) (Koch International Classics)
Tempo N188:49-50 Mar 1994
Johnson, B.
Record review Hovhaness : Spirit Murmur; String Quartets 1, 3 and 4; Suite from String Quartet No. 2 (Zhou : Song of the Ch'in) (Shanghai Quartet) (Delos)
Glass, H.
A new cult?
Gramophone 72:26-7 Jul 1994
port
Record review Hovhaness : Mountains and Rivers Without End, Op. 225; Aria from "Haroutiun", Op. 71; Prayer of St. Gregory, Op. 62b; Symphony No. 6 (Celestial Gate), Op. 173; Return and Rebuild the Desolate Places, Op. 213 (Chris Gekker (tpt), Manhattan Chamber Orchestra
Tempo N189:50-51 Jun 1994
Johnson, B.
Dramatik und Liturgie; Alan Hovhaness : Symphony No. 2; Lousadzak; Lou Harrison : Symphony No. 2 (American Composers Orchestra; Dennis Russell Davies & Keith Jarrett, piano) (Musicmasters). O.V. Kuehne. d Auldon Clark) (Koch International Classics)
Neue Musikzeitung 43:24 Aug-Sep 1994
Johnson, B.
Record review Symphony No. 50, Mount St. Helens, Op. 360; Symphony No. 22, City of Light, Op. 236 (Seattle Symphony, c. Gerard Schwarz, Alan Hovhaness) (Delos)
Tempo N188:49-50 Mar 1994
Johnson, B.
Record review Hovhaness : Vision of a Starry Night; Piano Music Vol. 2 (Marvin Rosen (pno)) (Koch International Classics)
Hall, D.
Classical music reviews Hovhaness : Mysterious Mountain; And God Created Great Whales; Alleluia and Fugue; other works (Seattle Symphony, Schwarz) (Delos)
Stereo Review 59:79 Aug 1994
Ainsley, R.
Mile-high music
Classic Cd N47:42-3 Apr 1994
il il p4 port
Simmons, W.
Classical recordings Hovhaness : Piano Music (Marvin Rosen, piano) (Koch International Classics)
Hovhaness : Piano Music (Wayne Johnson, piano) (Crystal)
Villamil, Victoria Etnier
Hampson, Thomas
A singer's guide to the American art song 1870-1980
Foreword by Thomas Hampson
Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1993, 452 p.
Wolverton, V.D.
From mountain climbing to composing
An interview with Alan Hovhaness
Choral Journal 34:29-36 N3 1993
biog discog port
Foote, Lona
Bagnato, Gene
Gagne, Cole
Soundpieces 2 : interviews with American composers
By Cole Gagne
Photographs by Gene Bagnato and Lona Foote
Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1993, 557 p.
Classical recordings Alan Hovhaness : Piano Music (Wayne Johnson, piano) (Crystal CD)
port
Borroff, Edith
Clark, J. Bunker
American opera : a checklist
By Edith Borroff
Edited by J. Bunker Clark
Detroit: Harmonie Park Press, 1992, 334 p.
Number of People : 2,319
Ferneyhough, Brian
Morton, Brian
Collins, Pamela
Contemporary composers
Editors Brian Morton [and] Pamela Collins
With a preface by Brian Ferneyhough
Chicago: St. James Press, 1992, 1019 p.
Wolverton, V.D.
The choral psalm settings of Alan Hovhaness
American Organist: 25:102-6 Dec 1991
bibliog biog mus port
Kerner, Leighton
Music Armenian surprise (80th birthday celebration by American Composers Orchestra)
Village Voice: 36:86 Oct 22 1991
Bierley, Paul E.
Rehrig, William H.
The heritage encyclopedia of band music : composers and their music
Edited by Paul E. Bierley
William H. Rehrig
Westerville, Ohio: Integrity Press, 1991
Number of People : 8,916
Cummings, David M.
McIntire, Dennis K.
International who's who in music and musician's directory
(in the classical and light classical fields)
Twelfth edition 1990/91
Consultant editors David M. Cummings; Dennis K. McIntire
Cambridge, England: International Who's Who in Music, 1991
Number of People : 8,178
A whale of a birthday party
Musical America 111:9-10 N6 1991
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Recordings in review Hovhaness : Piano Music (Sahan Arzruni and Alan Hovhaness, pianos) (Hearts of Space)
Musical America 111:74 N4 1991
Wright, H. Stephen
Limbacher, James L.
Keeping score : film and television music, 1980-1988
(with additional coverage of 1921-1979)
James L. Limbacher and H. Stephen Wright
Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1991
Number of People : 5,562
Poultney, David
Dictionary of western church music
By David Poultny
Chicago: American Library Association, 1991, 234 p.
Arzruni, S.
Plucked strings & muffled roars : playing piano from the inside out
Keyboard Classics & Piano Stylist: 11:4-5 N3 1991
il port
Bahr, E.R.
Record reviews Alan Hovhaness
Ita Journal 19:29 N2 1991
Wolverton, V.D.
The solo vocal music of Alan Hovhaness
Nats Journal: 47:4-9+ N5 1991
biog mus
Rickards, G.
Record reviews (Keith Jarrett (pno), American Composers Orchestra, c. Dennis Russell Davies. Music Masters)
Tempo N175:49-50 Dec 1990
Recordings in review Hovhaness : Symphony No. 2, Op. 132 (Mysterious Mountain); Lousadzak, Op. 48. Harrison : Symphony No. 2 (Elegiac). K. Jarrett, piano; American Composers Orchestra, D.R. Davies, conductor (Musicmasters)
illustr.
Rickards, G.
Record reviews (American Composers Orchestra, c. Dennis Russell Davies. Music Masters)
Tempo N175:49-50 Dec 1990
Recordings in review Hovhaness : Symphony No. 2, Op. 132 (Mysterious Mountain); Lousadzak, Op. 48. Harrison : Symphony No. 2 (Elegiac). K. Jarrett, piano; American Composers Orchestra, D.R. Davies, conductor (Musicmasters)
illustr.
White, J. Perry
Twentieth-century choral music
An annotated bibliography of music suitable for use by high school choirs
Second edition
By J. Perry White
Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1990, 214 p.
Kostelanetz, Richard
On innovative musicians
New York: Limelight Editions, 1989, 319 p.
Performer Index : Conductors
p. 547-557 In:
Myers, Kurtz
Index to record reviews 1984-1987 : based on material ... 1984 AND 1987
Compiled and edited by Kurtz Myers
Boston, Massachusetts: G.K. Hall, 1989, 639 p.
Number of People : 20,297
In review Recordings : Shalimar
illustr.
In review Records: Alan Hovhaness Piano Music.
Homage to Hovhaness
biog port
Sadie, Stanley
Hitchcock, H. Wiley
The new Grove dictionary of American music
edited by H. Wiley Hitchcock and Stanley Sadie
New York, N.Y. : Grove's Dictionaries of Music, 1986. 4 v.
Number of People : 3,993
1986-87 premieres and season highlights
Johnson, Wayne David
A study of the piano works of Alan Hovhaness
Cincinatti. 1986. dissertation.
Duckett, H.
Debuts & reappearances Knoxville
High Fidelity/musical America Edition 36:ma20 Aug 1986
Performer Index : Conductors
p. 775-786 In:
Myers, Kurtz
Index to record reviews 1978-1983 : based on material ...
Compiled and edited by Kurtz Myers
Boston, Massachusetts: G.K. Hall, 1985, 873 p.
Number of People : 1,433
Londieux, Jean-Marie
Music for saxophone
Vol. II: general repertoire of music and educational literature for the saxophone
Cherry Hill: Roncorp Publications, 1985
Number of People : 2,020
Wilson, Lyle G.
A dictionary of pianists
London: Robert Hale, 1985
Number of People : 2,597
Francombe, Leona
1985-86 premieres and season highlights
Premieres
American Organist: 19:58 Oct 1985
Rosen, Marvin Abraham
A pedagogical analysis of piano sonatas opus 299 # 1, 2, and 3, 301, and 303 by Alan Hovhaness.
New York, N.Y, Columbia Univ. Teachers Coll. 1985.
Performer Index : Instrumentalits
p. 715-745 In:
Myers, Kurtz
Index to record reviews 1978-1983 : based on material ...
Compiled and edited by Kurtz Myers
Boston, Massachusetts: G.K. Hall, 1985, 873 p.
Number of People : 4,398
Wallgren, J.E.
Men Kipling hade fel : naagra ord om Alan Hovhaness och hans musik
Nutida Musik 28:14-15 N3 1984-1985
illustr.
Butterworth, Neil
A dictionary of American composers
Number of People : 525
Bozeman, G.
The Organ Historical Society National Convention, Chicago, 20-23 Aug. 1984
Diapason: (US) 75:17 Dec 1984
Cansler, Philip T.
Twentieth-century music for trumpet and organ
An annotated bibliography
By Philip T. Cansler
Nashville, Tennessee: Brass Press, c1984., 46 p.
(Series: Brass Research Series; 11)
Premieres
American Organist: 18:33 Sep 1984
port
Press, Jaques Cattell
Who's who in American music : classical
First edition
Edited by Jaques Cattell Press
New York: R. R. Bowker, 1983
Number of People : 6,738
Drone, Jeannette
American composer update
The 1982 premieres, performances, publications, recordings, news
Pan Pipes of Sigma Alpha Iota 75:30 N2 1983
Belfy, Jeanne
The Louisville Orchestra New Music Project
An American experiment in the patronage of international contemporary music. Selected composers' letters to the Louisville Orchestra.
Louisville, Kentucky: University of Louisville, 1983, 53 p.
(Series: University of Louisville Publications in Musicology; 2)
Composium annual index of contemporary compoitions
Directory of new music 1982/83 edition
Los Angeles: Crystal Record, 1983
Number of People : 1,324
Becker, G.T.
Kuwabara, M.
Premieres and season highlights
Westbrook, P.
Alan Hovhaness : angelic cycles
Down Beat 49:27-9 Mar 1982
biog port
Note: interview
Roos, J.
New World Festival of the Arts
High Fidelity/musical America Edition 32:ma36 Nov 1982
Anderson, E. Ruth
Contemporary American composers
A biographical dictionary
Second edition
Compiled by E. Ruth Anderson
Boston: G. K. Hall, 1982, 578 p.
Number of People : 3,986
Holmes, John L.
Conductors on record
London: Victor Gollancz, 1982, 734 p.
Number of People : 1,800
Bargreen, M.
Seattle's supersonic symphonist
Symphony: 32:37-9+ N3 1981
il port
Reprinted from the Seattle Times
Choral performances : New York. D. Henahan.
American Choral Review 23:16-17 N4 1981
Reprinted from The New York Times
Ewen, David
Composers since 1900
A biographical and critical guide
First supplement
Compiled and edited by David Ewen
New York: H. W. Wilson Company, 1981, 328 p.
Olmstead, Andrea
Musica Sacra : Hovhaness Revelations of St. Paul
High Fidelity/musical America Edition 31:ma34-5 Jun 1981
Note: premiere
Menter, M.
Keith Jarrett plays Alan Hovhaness
Keyboard Classics & Piano Stylist: 1:14-15 N6 1981
port
Bargreen, M.
Seattle's supersonic symphonist
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Reprinted from the Seattle Times
Bargreen, M.
Seattle supersonic symphonist
port
Reprinted from the Seattle Times
Performer Index : Conductors
p. 417-446 In:
Myers, Kurtz
Index to record reviews
Compiled and edited by Kurtz Myers
Vol. 5: indexes
Boston, Massachusetts: G.K. Hall, 1980, 664 p.
Number of People : 2,281
Sadie, Stanley
The new Grove dictionary of music and musicians
Number of People : 20,506
Eyler, D.P.
The top ten ensemble works
Instrumentalist: 34:20-22 May 1980
Cox, D.K.
Abstract : Aspects of the compositional styles of three selected twentieth-century American composers of choral music: Alan Hovhaness, Ron Nelson, and Daniel Pinkham
Missouri Journal of Research in Music Education 4:76-8 N4 1980
Performer Index : Instrumentalists
p. 311-366 In:
Myers, Kurtz
Index to record reviews
Compiled and edited by Kurtz Myers
Vol. 5: indexes
Boston, Massachusetts: G.K. Hall, 1980, 664 p.
Number of People : 6,053
Hovhaness guitar concerto premiered
Guitar & Lute N12:43 Jan 1980
port
Premieres
Newsletter of the International Trombone Association 7:34 N2 1980
Mordden, Ethan
A guide to orchestral music
The handbook for non-musicians
New York: Oxford University Press, 1980
Spilka, Bill
The spit valve
Newsletter of the International Trombone Association 7:29 N2 1980
port
Kyle, Marguerite Kelly
AmerAllegro
Pan Pipes of Sigma Alpha Iota 71:35 N2 1979
Smith, Norman
Band music notes
Revised edition
San Diego, California: Niel A. Kjos, Jr., 1979
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