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Henry Cowell

1897 – 1965 68 years · born in United States
114 works
121 versions & arrangements
Early 20th century period

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114 works of Cowell on Octoopus, by form.

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Airs
HC 767/1a Air for Violin and String Orchestra 1952 · 1 version 4 min
Carols
HC 716 Sweet Was the Song the Virgin Sung 1948 · 1 version
Chorales
HC 532 3 Ostinati with Chorales 1937 · 1 version 14 min
Concertos 8 works
HC 440 Piano Concerto 1 version
HC 481 Rhythmicon Concerto 1931 · 1 version 20 min
HC 861 Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra 1958 · 1 version
HC 878 Concerto Brevis for Accordion and Orchestra 1960 · 1 version 14 min
HC 908 Harmonica Concerto 1962 · 1 version 18 min
HC 909 Koto Concerto No.1 1962 · 2 versions 30 min
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HC 940 Koto Concerto No.2 1965 · 1 version 20 min
HC 620a Little Concerto 1941 · 1 version
Dances 3 works
HC 631 Square Dance Tune 1942 · 1 version
HC 104/6 Anger Dance 1914 · 1 version
Heroic Dance 1931 · 1 version 5 min
Gigues
HC 771 Fiddler's Jig 1952 · 1 version 2 min
Incidental music
HC 563 Les mariés de la tour Eiffel 1939 · 1 version
Inventions
HC 754 2-Part Invention in 3 Parts 1950 · 1 version
Overtures
HC 744 Overture 1949 · 1 version
Preludes
HC 409 Prelude 1925 · 1 version
Processionals
HC 635 Processional B♭ minor 1 version
Quartets 6 works
HC 197 String Quartet No.1 1916 · 1 version 6 min
HC 450 Movement for String Quartet 1928 · 1 version 4 min
HC 518 String Quartet No.3 1935 · 1 version
HC 522 String Quartet No.4 1936 · 1 version
HC 737 Sailor's Hornpipe 1949 · 1 version
String Quartet No.5, HC 832 1956 · 1 version
Rondos
HC 868 Iridescent Rondo 1959 · 1 version 5 min
Sacred cantatas
HC 818 …if he please 1955 · 1 version 18 min
Sacred hymns 8 works
HC 657 Hymn and Fuguing Tune No.2 1944 · 1 version 7 min
HC 660 Hymn and Fuguing Tune No.3 1944 · 1 version 7 min
HC 664 Hymn and Fuguing Tune No.4 1944 · 1 version
HC 710 Hymn and Fuguing Tune No.7 1 version
HC 850 Hymn and Fuguing Tune No.12 1957 · 1 version 8 min
HC 875 Hymn and Fuguing Tune No.13 1960 · 1 version 6 min
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HC 900 Hymn and Fuguing Tune No.14 1962 · 1 version 8 min
HC 921 Hymn and Fuguing Tune No.16 1963 · 2 versions 6 min
Sacred oratorios
HC 919 The Creator 1963 · 1 version
Scherzos
Air and Scherzo, HC 897 1961 · 2 versions
Sinfoniettas
HC 443 Sinfonietta 1928 · 1 version 14 min
Sonatas
HC 705 Violin Sonata 1945 · 2 versions 17 min
Songs 6 works
HC 152 St. Agnes Morning 1914 · 1 version 3 min
HC 175 The Dream Bridge 1915 · 1 version 1 min
HC 542 3 Anti-Modernist Songs 1938 · 1 version 7 min
HC 641 American Muse 1943 · 1 version
HC 694 Daybreak 1946 · 1 version 2 min
HC 783 The Little Black Boy 1952 · 1 version 3 min
Suites 4 works
HC 397 Suite for Violin and Piano 1925 · 1 version 10 min
HC 567 Old American Country Set 1939 · 2 versions 15 min
HC 816 Dalton Suite 1955 · 1 version
HC 491b Suite for Woodwind Quintet 1933 · 1 version 5 min
Symphonies 19 works
HC 196 Symphony No.17, HC 916 1962 · 1 version 22 min
HC 245 Symphony No.1 1915 · 1 version
HC 541 Symphony No.2 1938 · 1 version 22 min
HC 636 Symphony No.3 1942 · 1 version 23 min
HC 697 Symphony No.4 1946 · 1 version 19 min
HC 722 Symphony No.5 1946 · 1 version 28 min
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HC 770 Symphony No.6 1951 · 1 version 23 min
HC 776 Symphony No.7 1952 · 1 version 24 min
HC 778 Symphony No.8 1952 · 1 version 23 min
HC 787 Symphony No.9 1953 · 1 version 22 min
HC 788 Symphony No.10 1953 · 1 version 23 min
HC 790 Symphony No.11 1953 · 1 version 22 min
HC 830 Symphony No.12 1955 · 1 version 14 min
HC 848 Symphony No.13 1956 · 1 version 10 min
HC 874 Symphony No.14 1959 · 1 version 25 min
HC 887 Symphony No.15 1960 · 1 version 23 min
HC 912 Symphony No.16 1962 · 1 version 24 min
HC 930 Symphony No.18 1963 · 1 version 26 min
Symphony No.19, HC 943 1964 · 1 version 26 min
Toccatas
HC 547 Toccanta 1938 · 1 version
Trios 2 works
HC 903 Trio for Flute, Violin and Harp 1962 · 1 version 20 min
HC 941 Trio in Nine Short Movements 1965 · 1 version 19 min
Variations 2 works
HC 833 Variations for Orchestra 1956 · 1 version 20 min
HC 882 Variation on Thirds 1960 · 1 version 11 min
Vocalises
HC 524 Vocalise 1936 · 1 version
Other works 39 works
HC 213 Dynamic Motion and Encores 1916 · 1 version
HC 307 Fabric 1920 · 1 version
HC 324 Episode No.3 G♯ minor 1921 · 1 version
HC 328 Exultation 1921 · 2 versions
HC 353 Ings 1917 · 1 version
HC 354 3 Irish Legends 1 version
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HC 370 Aeolian Harp 1923 · 1 version
HC 384 The Harp of Life 1924 · 1 version
HC 395 The Snows of Fuji-Yama 1924 · 1 version
HC 405 The Banshee 1925 · 1 version
HC 406 Composition for String Piano with Ensemble 1925 · 1 version
HC 408 7 Paragraphs 1925 · 1 version
HC 451 2 Woofs 1 version
HC 458 Polyphonica 1930 · 1 version
HC 462 Sinister Resonance 1 version
HC 463 2 Pieces 1925 · 1 version 3 min
HC 464 Synchrony 1930 · 1 version 14 min
HC 491 6 Casual Developments 1933 · 1 version 8 min
HC 505 Ostinato Pianissimo 1934 · 1 version
HC 557 Rhythmicana 1938 · 1 version
HC 568 Triad 1 version
HC 571 Shoonthree 1939 · 2 versions 5 min
HC 595 58 for Percy 1940 · 1 version
HC 597 Ancient Desert Drone 1939 · 1 version 6 min
HC 611 Two-Bits 1939 · 1 version 4 min
HC 639 Action in Brass 1943 · 1 version
HC 648 United Music 1943 · 1 version 4 min
HC 679 Big Sing 1945 · 1 version
HC 700 Tom Binkley's Tune 1946 · 1 version
HC 709 Tall Tale 1947 · 1 version 5 min
HC 719 Saturday Night at the Firehouse 1948 · 1 version 5 min
HC 779 Set of Five 1952 · 1 version 18 min
HC 838 Persian Set 1956 · 1 version 15 min
HC 842 Music for Orchestra 1957 1957 · 1 version 10 min
HC 845 Homage to Iran 1956 · 1 version
HC 846 Ongaku 1957 · 1 version 10 min
HC 865 Antiphony 1959 · 1 version 12 min
HC 886 Set of Four for Harpsichord or Piano 1960 · 1 version 5 min
HC 923 26 Simultaneous Mosaics 1963 · 1 version

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