Hovhaness
Americannoun
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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
As background the tapes carried the sound of ocean waves, which Hovhaness skillfully blended with cymbals and gongs.
From Time Magazine Archive
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