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The music world of Henry Cowell (Festival). Wind Ensemble concert, 1986-04-26.

Title: The music world of Henry Cowell (Festival). Part 3. Lecture/Recital, 1986-04-25; Wind Ensemble concert, 1986-04-26.
Publication: 1986.

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Henry Cowell collection of noncommercial sound recordings.

Description

2 streaming audio files (90:45) : digital, mono.

Summary

In Part 1, lecturer and pianist Yvar Mikhashoff gives brief commentaries on each of the piano pieces, Cowell's own personal reflections of each composer, and the pieces' prescribed performing and notation styles, all interspersed throughout the lecture/recital. Some of the people he contacted with in preparing the lecture were Sidney Robertson Cowell and John Cage. In Part 2, Rene Prins leads the The Cowell Festival Wind Ensemble in a live concert, featuring trumpeter Benjamin Aldridge.

Alternative Title

Henry Cowell collection of noncommercial sound recordings

Subjects

Genre/Form

Overtures.
Live sound recordings.

Note

Title from the guide to the Henry Cowell collection ; additional information from promotional poster and festival program (found in JPB 00-03, box 71, folder 11 (1986)).
"3 of 5; Cowell Festive Occasion; Oneonta, NY; 4/86"--Originally from audiocassette label.
"H. C. Coll. no. 49; Musical world of Henry Cowell-Chamber concert; 4/26 [25]/86; I"--Originally from preservation copy (*LT-10 7201)
"H. C. Coll. no. 5[0]; Musical world of Henry Cowell-Chamber concert; 4/26/86; II"--Originally from preservation copy (*LT-10 7202)
"Henry Cowell and the American Five: a lecture/recital by Yvar Mikhashoff; Friday April 25, 1986; Anderson Center Theater; 3 pm; Program to be announced"--Originally from festival program (found in JPB 00-03, box 71, folder 11 (1986)).

Access (note)

Access to original item restricted. Patrons can access streaming video only onsite at the Library for Performing Arts Research Center.

Source (note)

Cowell, Mrs. Sidney

Linking Entry (note)

Forms part of: Henry Cowell collection of noncommercial sound recordings; for papers, see Henry Cowell papers, 1851-1994 in the Music Division, JPB 00-03.

Processing Action (note)

transfer date;

Contents

[Part 1]: Lecture/Recital: "Henry Cowell and the American Five". [Opening lecture remarks] (0:00-0:17) ; Brief lecture on "Advertisement" (0:18-2:30) / Yvar Mikhashoff ; Advertisement (1914) / Henry Cowell (2:38-4:01) -- [Applause] (4:02-4:11) -- Brief lecture on "The tides of Minaldron [Manaunaun]" (4:20-5:18) / Yvar Mikhashoff ; The tides of Manaunaun (1917) / Henry Cowell (5:26-8:28) -- [Applause] (8:29-8:34) -- Brief lecture on "Fabric" (8:35-11:21) / Yvar Mikhashoff ; Fabric (1920) / Henry Cowell (11:26-13:20) -- [Applause] (13:21-13:25) -- Brief lecture on "The banshee" (13:27-15:00) / Yvar Mikhashoff ; The banshee (1925) / Henry Cowell (15:07-17:10) -- [Applause] (17:11-17:25) -- Brief lecture on "Improvisation [no. 1]" (17:26-19:36) / Yvar Mikhashoff ; Improvisation [no. 1] (1933, used for a recording in 1938) / Charles Ives (19:41-21:07) -- [Applause] (21:08-21:13) -- Brief lecture on "Dances" (21:14-22:56) / Yvar Mikhashoff ; Dances no. 3 (from "Four dances") (1930s) / John J. Becker (23:01-26:15) -- [Applause] (26:16-26:20) -- Brief lecture on "Evocation no. 1" (26:28-27:58) / Yvar Mikhashoff ; Evocation no. 1 (1934-?) / Carl Ruggles (28:04-30:00) -- [Applause] (30:10-30:13) -- Brief lecture on "Tone clusters" (30:22-31:08) / Yvar Mikhashoff ; Tone clusters (1944) (no. 10 of "The new and old, op. 38") / Wallingford Riegger (31:10-32:58) -- [Applause] (32:58-33:04) -- Brief lecture on "Sneaking" (33:06-38:43) / Yvar Mikhashoff ; Sneaking (from "Six [Nine] Ings" (1917-1922) / Henry Cowell (33:46-36:48) -- [Applause] (36:49-36:53) -- Brief lecture on "Aeolian harp" (37:00-38:41) / Yvar Mikhashoff ; Aeolian harp (1923) / Henry Cowell (38:45-41:10) -- [Applause] (41:11-41:17) -- Brief lecture on "The amenable [amiable] conversation" (41:19-41:35) / Yvar Mikhashoff ; The amenable [amiable] coversation (1917) / Henry Cowell (41:38-42:36) -- [Applause] (42:37-43:44)
[Part 2]: Wind Ensemble Concert. Shipshape overture (1941) / Henry Cowell (0:00-7:03) -- [Applause] (7:04-7:07) -- Shoonthree (1943) / Henry Cowell (7:11-11:28) -- [Applause] (11:32-11:34) -- A curse and a blessing (1949): A curse of balor of the evil eye (11:44-13:12) ; The blessing of Lugh of the shining face (13:16-18:04) / Henry Cowell -- [Applause] (18:06-18:08) -- Grandma's rhumba (1946) / Henry Cowell (18:16-22:08) -- [Applause] (22:09-22:12) -- At the beach (1943) / Virgil Thomson (22:13-31:41) -- [Applause] (31:43-31:45) -- Animal magic (of the Greenland Eskimo) (1941 [1944]) / Henry Cowell (31:51-35:51) -- [Applause] (35:53-35:54) -- Celtic set (1938): Reel (35:59-39:30) ; Caoine (39:52-44:11) ; Hornpipe (44:25-46:59) / Henry Cowell [ends abruptly]

Call Number

*LTC 1294

OCLC

953034388

Title

The music world of Henry Cowell (Festival). Part 3. Lecture/Recital, 1986-04-25; Wind Ensemble concert, 1986-04-26.

Production

1986.

Playing Time

004344 004701

Type of Content

performed music

spoken word

Type of Medium

audio

computer

Type of Carrier

audiocassette

online resource

Digital File Characteristics

audio files WAV file

Performer

Part 1: Yvar Mikhashoff, lecturer and piano. Part 2: The Cowell Festival Wind Ensemble ; Benjamin Aldridge, trumpet (5th-7th and 10th works) ; Rene Prins, conductor.

Event

Live lecture and piano recital recording [Anderson Theater Center, Hartwick College], Oneonta, New York 1986 April [25] at 3:00 P. M. (Part 1); Live concert recording [Anderson Center Music Circle, Hartwick College], Oneonta, New York 1986 April [26] at 11:00 A. M. (Part 2)

Access

Access to original item restricted. Patrons can access streaming video only onsite at the Library for Performing Arts Research Center.

Original Version

Archival original: (1 audiocassette : analog, mono) in *LTC 1294.

Preservation copies: (2 audiotape reels : analog, mono, 7 1/2 ips ; 10 in.) in *LT-10 7201--7202.

Linking Entry

Forms part of: Henry Cowell collection of noncommercial sound recordings; for papers, see Henry Cowell papers, 1851-1994 in the Music Division, JPB 00-03.

Local Note

Preservation files: (2 audio files : digital, WAV file, 96 kHz, 24 bit), in long term storage, Digital Library Processing server [myh_ltc1294_v01f01_em (Part 1) and myh_ltc1294_v01f02_em (Part 2)].

Source

Gift; Cowell, Mrs. Sidney 1968 *L (Special) 88-33

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Added Author

Prins, Rene, conductor.

Mikhashoff, Yvar, 1941-1993, lecturer.

Mikhashoff, Yvar, 1941-1993, performer.

Aldridge, B. L. (Benjamin L.), performer.

Container of (work): Cowell, Henry, 1897-1965. Advertisement.

Container of (work): Cowell, Henry, 1897-1965. Irish legends. Tides of Manaunaun.

Container of (work): Cowell, Henry, 1897-1965. Fabric.

Container of (work): Cowell, Henry, 1897-1965. Banshee.

Container of (work): Ives, Charles, 1874-1954. Improvisations, piano. No. 1.

Container of (work): Becker, John J. Dances, piano, no. 3.

Container of (work): Ruggles, Carl, 1876-1971. Evocations, no. 1.

Container of (work): Riegger, Wallingford, 1885-1961. New and old. Tone clusters.

Container of (work): Cowell, Henry, 1897-1965. Ings. Sneaking.

Container of (work): Cowell, Henry, 1897-1965. Aeolian harp.

Container of (work): Cowell, Henry, 1897-1965. Amiable conversation.

Container of (work): Cowell, Henry, 1897-1965. Shipshape overture.

Container of (work): Cowell, Henry, 1897-1965. Shoonthree.

Container of (work): Cowell, Henry, 1897-1965. Curse and a blessing.

Container of (work): Cowell, Henry, 1897-1965. Grandma's rhumba.

Container of (expression): Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989. Bains-bar; arranged.

Container of (work): Cowell, Henry, 1897-1965. Animal magic.

Container of (work): Cowell, Henry, 1897-1965. Celtic set.

Cowell Festival Wind Ensemble, performer.

Anderson Center for the Arts, sponsor.

Hartwick College, host.

Cowell, Sidney Robertson, 1903-1995, donor.

Added Title

Henry Cowell collection of noncommercial sound recordings

Found In:

Henry Cowell collection of noncommercial sound recordings.

Research Call Number

*LTC 1294

*LT-10 7201--7202

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