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Hovhaness

American  
[hoh-vah-nis] / hoʊˈvɑ nɪs /

noun

  1. Alan, 1911–2000, U.S. composer.


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The collector’s advocacy has helped advance the legacies of Chookoorian and other Armenian American musicians including composer Alan Hovhaness and oud master Richard Hagopian.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2021

Organic Jacaranda launches its new organ series with organist Ty Woodward, et al., performing works by Duruflé, Dupre, Alain, Hovhaness and Ives.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 13, 2019

Eventually Hovhaness settled in Seattle, which seems appropriate in view of his interest in the civilizations on the other side of the Pacific Rim.

From New York Times • Nov. 4, 2011

“In a way you could say Hovhaness was the start of free music,” Mr. Rivers said last month, referring to a style practiced by John Coltrane, Ornette Coleman and others in the 1960s.

From New York Times • Nov. 4, 2011

For a touch of Shakespeare, Alan Hovhaness and John Harbison are at work on operas based on Pericles and The Winter's Tale, though Harbison picked his play four years ago.

From Time Magazine Archive