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According to Wikipedia, Henry Dixon Cowell was an American composer, writer, pianist, publisher, teacher and the husband of Sidney Robertson Cowell. Earning a reputation as an extremely controversial performer and eccentric composer, Cowell became a leading figure of American avant-garde music for the first half of the 20th century — his writings and music serving as a great influence to similar artists at the time, including Lou Harrison, George Antheil, and John Cage, among others. He is considered one of America's most important and influential composers.

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Henry Cowell's Published Works

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The Process of Musical Creation (1926) (23)
String Quartet No. 4 (United Quartet) (1968) (2)
Quartet romantic : 2 flutes, violin, viola ; Quartet euphometric : 2 violins, viola, violoncello (1974) (1)
New Musical Resources--Yesterday and Today (1969) (1)
Bartók and his Violin Concerto (1944) (1)
Piano Music by Henry Cowell@@@Visions Fugitives, Op. 22@@@Sarcasms, Op. 17@@@Episodes, Op. 12 (1961) (1)
The Mother of Us All, an Opera (1948) (1)
String quartet no. 1 (1916) (1965) (1)
Six casual developments : for clarinet and piano (1971) (1)
Rondo. [For 3 Trumpets, 2 Horns and 2 Trombones]@@@Suite from the Royal Brass Music of King James I. [For 2 or 3 Trumpets and 4 or 3 Trombones]@@@Suite for an Ensemble of Brass or Other Instruments (1960) (0)
Square dance tune : for piano solo (1969) (0)
Ensemble for string orchestra (1925) : revised version 1956 (1961) (0)
Dynamic motion : for piano (1950) (0)
Symphonic set : for symphony orchestra in five movements (1939) (0)
Rondo, 3 trumpets, 2 horns, 2 trombones = 3 Trompeten, 2 Hörner, 2 Posaunen (1959) (0)
Symphony no. 11 : Seven rituals of music (1955) (0)
Maestoso for piano (1940) (0)
現代ピアノ名曲選集 : 10人の作曲家による = Masters of our day : 18 solos in the contemporary idiom for the young pianist (1943) (0)
Five Pieces for Piano, Op. 12; Excentriade, Three Pieces for Piano, Op. 14 (1947) (0)
Concertos. Piano, orchestre (0)
22 ; Three protests . Two woofs . Organum (1947) (0)
Gravely and vigorously : for cello alone : (November 23, 1963) (1964) (0)
Calcium light night (1964) (0)
Spring Comes Singing (1959) (0)
Hymn and fuguing tunes. No 10 (1947) (0)
Three Irish legends : for piano (0)
Three page sonata : for piano solo (1949) (0)
Six ings : for piano (1950) (0)
Hymn and fuguing tune no. 7 : for viola and piano (1954) (0)
Supplication : processional for organ, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, and unison chorus (timpani ad libitum) (1962) (0)
Vocalise : for soprano, flute, and piano (1964) (0)
Cloud's Music. A Suite for Violin & Piano in 6 Parts@@@Homage to Iran. For Violin & Piano@@@Divertimento, G major, fur Violine und Cembalo (1961) (0)
Some south-paw pitching : for piano solo (1949) (0)
Trio (1964) fur Klavier, Violine und Violoncello@@@Mobili a tre, 6 pezzi per flauto, clarinetto [in a] e pianoforte (1965)@@@Trio in Nine Short Movements for Violin, Violoncello and Piano (1970) (0)
Symphonic set. Op. 17 (1938) (0)
Symphony no. 3 (1949) (0)
Hymn and fuguing tune no. 16 for orchestra (1966) (0)
Speak, for You Must! For Men's Chorus (TTTBB a cappella)@@@The Closing Doxology: Psalm 150. For Mixed Chorus and Band@@@Spring at Summer's End. (SSA a cappella)@@@The Bluebird. (SATB a cappella)@@@The Storke, a Christmas Ballad. (SATB a cappella) (1953) (0)
Hymn and Fuguing Tune No. 2 for String Orchestra (1957) (0)
The Modern Composer and His World@@@American Composers on American Music (1962) (0)
Tom Binkley's tune : for baritone (euphonium) solo and piano (1947) (0)
Homage to Iran : for violin and piano : für Violine und Klavier (1959) (0)
Symphony no. 15 : thesis (1965) (0)
Hymn and fuguing tune no. 3 : for symphony orchestra (1956) (0)
Sonata for violin and piano (1948) (0)
Movement : for string quartet (1934) (1962) (0)
Henry Cowell 1897-1965 (1966) (0)
Three ostinati with chorales : for clarinet and piano, or oboe and piano (1946) (0)
Concerto for percussion and orchestra (1961) (0)
Dirge and Variations. Piano, Violin, Violoncello@@@Seven Paragraphs for String Trio@@@Trio for Strings@@@Quartetto II per archi. Op. 86@@@String Quartet@@@Septuor a cordes pour deux violons, deux altos, deux violoncelles, une contrebasse a cinq cordes (1967) (0)
Short symphony : (no. 4) for orchestra (1949) (0)
Sailor's Hornpipe for Four Saxophones (1952) (0)
A Group: All Dressed Up; The Good Old Days; Homesick Lilt; Pa Jigs Them All down; Pegleg Dance@@@Five Very Short Pieces for Talented Young Bipeds (1949) (0)
Symphony no. 4, "Short symphony" (1946) (1948) (0)
String quartet no. 5 (1962) (0)
A Curse and a Blessing. 1. The Curse of Balor of the Evil Eye. 2. The Blessing of Lugh of the Shining Face. For Band (1951) (0)
Symphony no. 13 (Madras) for orchestra (1958) (0)
Two Fantasias in Four Parts for Brass Quartet@@@Marches for Five Wind Instruments@@@Tom Binkley's Tune, for Baritone (Euphonium) Solo and Piano@@@Three Equale for Four Trombones, Adapted for Trumpet and 3 Trombones by Emil Kahn@@@Twelve Duos for Two French Horns, K. 487 (1948) (0)
The tides of Manaunaun, for piano (0)
Persian set : four movements for chamber orchestra (picc (or fl), cl, tar (or guitar or mandolin), dr (Persian dr or tom-tom), vlns I, II, III, vc, cb, piano) (1957) (0)
Edson hymns and fuguing tunes : a suite in two parts for mixed chorus and organ (1963) (0)
Ballad for string orchestra (1955) (0)
Symphony no. 12 (1960) (0)
The anti-abolitionist riots in the 1830's and 1840's : for piano solo (1949) (0)
How Old Is Song, for violin and piano (1950) (0)
Daybreak@@@At Bedtime... for Voice and Piano@@@She Who Was All Piety@@@Wanderers Gemutsruhe (Song for a Wanderer). For Voice and Piano@@@Requiem (1951) (0)
Ostinato pianissimo : (for percussion band) (1952) (0)
Tall Tale, for Brass Sextet (1949) (0)
The Gong on the Hook and Ladder, or Firemen's Parade on Main Street@@@Movement for 2 Trumpets, Trombone, and Piano@@@Introduction and Fugue. For Four Cellos or Cello Orchestra. Op. 69@@@Ensemble for String Orchestra@@@Concerto for 5 Kettledrums & Orchestra (1963) (0)

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