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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 : Magnificat and Other Choral Works (Choir and Orchestra of St John's Cathedral, Denver, c. Donald Pearson) (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)
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 : 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)
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)
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 Hovhaness : Vision of a Starry Night; Piano Music Vol. 2 (Marvin Rosen (pno)) (Koch International Classics)
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.
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)
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
Ainsley, R.
Mile-high music
Classic Cd N47:42-3 Apr 1994
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Glass, H.
A new cult?
Gramophone 72:26-7 Jul 1994
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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.
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. 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
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
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.
Simmons, W.
Classical recordings Hovhaness : Piano Music (Marvin Rosen, piano) (Koch International Classics)
Hovhaness : Piano Music (Wayne Johnson, piano) (Crystal)
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)
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Wolverton, V.D.
From mountain climbing to composing
An interview with Alan Hovhaness
Choral Journal 34:29-36 N3 1993
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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.
In print
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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
Arzruni, S.
Plucked strings & muffled roars : playing piano from the inside out
Keyboard Classics & Piano Stylist: 11:4-5 N3 1991
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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
Bahr, E.R.
Record reviews Alan Hovhaness
Ita Journal 19:29 N2 1991
A whale of a birthday party
Musical America 111:9-10 N6 1991
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Poultney, David
Dictionary of western church music
By David Poultny
Chicago: American Library Association, 1991, 234 p.
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
Kerner, Leighton
Music Armenian surprise (80th birthday celebration by American Composers Orchestra)
Village Voice: 36:86 Oct 22 1991
Wolverton, V.D.
The solo vocal music of Alan Hovhaness
Nats Journal: 47:4-9+ N5 1991
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Wolverton, V.D.
The choral psalm settings of Alan Hovhaness
American Organist: 25:102-6 Dec 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
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)
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Rickards, G.
Record reviews (Keith Jarrett (pno), American Composers Orchestra, c. Dennis Russell Davies. Music Masters)
Tempo N175:49-50 Dec 1990
Rickards, G.
Record reviews (American Composers Orchestra, c. Dennis Russell Davies. Music Masters)
Tempo N175:49-50 Dec 1990
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.
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)
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In review Recordings : Shalimar
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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
Kostelanetz, Richard
On innovative musicians
New York: Limelight Editions, 1989, 319 p.
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
Johnson, Wayne David
A study of the piano works of Alan Hovhaness
Cincinatti. 1986. dissertation.
1986-87 premieres and season highlights
Duckett, H.
Debuts & reappearances Knoxville
High Fidelity/musical America Edition 36:ma20 Aug 1986
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
Francombe, Leona
1985-86 premieres and season highlights
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
Premieres
American Organist: 19:58 Oct 1985
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
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.
Wilson, Lyle G.
A dictionary of pianists
London: Robert Hale, 1985
Number of People : 2,597
Premieres
American Organist: 18:33 Sep 1984
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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)
Wallgren, J.E.
Men Kipling hade fel : naagra ord om Alan Hovhaness och hans musik
Nutida Musik 28:14-15 N3 1984-1985
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Bozeman, G.
The Organ Historical Society National Convention, Chicago, 20-23 Aug. 1984
Diapason: (US) 75:17 Dec 1984
Butterworth, Neil
A dictionary of American composers
Number of People : 525
Composium annual index of contemporary compoitions
Directory of new music 1982/83 edition
Los Angeles: Crystal Record, 1983
Number of People : 1,324
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)
Drone, Jeannette
American composer update
The 1982 premieres, performances, publications, recordings, news
Pan Pipes of Sigma Alpha Iota 75:30 N2 1983
Becker, G.T.
Kuwabara, M.
Premieres and season highlights
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
Holmes, John L.
Conductors on record
London: Victor Gollancz, 1982, 734 p.
Number of People : 1,800
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
Roos, J.
New World Festival of the Arts
High Fidelity/musical America Edition 32:ma36 Nov 1982
Westbrook, P.
Alan Hovhaness : angelic cycles
Down Beat 49:27-9 Mar 1982
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       Note: interview
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.
Bargreen, M.
Seattle's supersonic symphonist
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       Reprinted from the Seattle Times
Bargreen, M.
Seattle supersonic symphonist
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       Reprinted from the Seattle Times
Menter, M.
Keith Jarrett plays Alan Hovhaness
Keyboard Classics & Piano Stylist: 1:14-15 N6 1981
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Choral performances : New York. D. Henahan.
American Choral Review 23:16-17 N4 1981
       Reprinted from The New York Times
Bargreen, M.
Seattle's supersonic symphonist
Symphony: 32:37-9+ N3 1981
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       Reprinted from the Seattle Times
Olmstead, Andrea
Musica Sacra : Hovhaness Revelations of St. Paul
High Fidelity/musical America Edition 31:ma34-5 Jun 1981
       Note: premiere
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
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Premieres
Newsletter of the International Trombone Association 7:34 N2 1980
Sadie, Stanley
The new Grove dictionary of music and musicians
Number of People : 20,506
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
Eyler, D.P.
The top ten ensemble works
Instrumentalist: 34:20-22 May 1980
Spilka, Bill
The spit valve
Newsletter of the International Trombone Association 7:29 N2 1980
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Mordden, Ethan
A guide to orchestral music
The handbook for non-musicians
New York: Oxford University Press, 1980
Smith, Norman
Band music notes
Revised edition
San Diego, California: Niel A. Kjos, Jr., 1979
Robijns, Jozef
Zijlstra, Miep
Algemene muziek enciclopedie
hoofdred., J. Robijns en Miep Zijlstra
Haarlem: De Haan, [1979]-1984
Number of People : 16,262
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