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Topic: Who is Lou Harrison (composer)?  (Read 1807 times)

Offline faulty_damper

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Who is Lou Harrison (composer)?
on: October 23, 2007, 02:24:56 AM
He wrote a very interesting Piano Concerto in four movements, the second of which is very interesting, quite rhythmic.

This is the first I've heard of this composer and am very interested in his other works, if any.
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Offline mikey6

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Re: Who is Lou Harrison (composer)?
Reply #1 on: October 23, 2007, 01:41:42 PM
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Re: Who is Lou Harrison (composer)?
Reply #2 on: October 24, 2007, 06:15:10 PM
One interesting to note is that a lot of his music uses just intonation (a different method of tuning), which is part of the influences he has acquired. He has written lots of music with a gamelan influence, and just intonation works really well with that, due to the lack of modulation in that style of music. Some of his music does have very interesting sounds to it, especially his "Concerto in Slendro" for violin, 2 tack pianos, celesta, and 2 percussion. Amazing stuff.
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