Composer Henry Cowell

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Composer

Henry Cowell

Living place: California

Birthday: 11-3-1897

Global rank: #70531

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Who is Composer Henry Cowell?
Pioneering composer who set standards for expressions and techniques that influenced generations of musicians. His compositions explore atonality, polytonality, polyrhythms, and non-Western modes.
His bisexuality led to the expense of a "moral" crime involving a 17-year-old boy for which he was sentenced to 15 years in prison. He spends his time productively, composing several dozen new and top pieces by prison bands.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He was able to create unique music in his teens, even with little formal education.

Family life info

He was born in Menlo Park, California. Both of his parents were bohemian authors, and he was raised by his mother after they divorced.

Close relationship

Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Composer Henry Cowell?
He had a great influence on modern composers and pianists John Cage called Cowell sesame open for new music in America.

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When was Composer Henry Cowell born?
Henry Cowell was born in 11-3-1897, death year is , at the age of 127.
Where is Composer Henry Cowell's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Henry Cowell was born in California, . is a Composer, whose Zodiac is Pisces, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Rooster. Henry Cowell's global rank is 70531 and whose rank is 669 in list of famous Composer.
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Events in 1897 and 11-3

Birthday Henry Cowell (11-3) in history

  • Day 11-3 year 1861: The Confederate States of America adopted its constitution.
  • Day 11-3 year 1888: A torrential rainstorm hit the East Coast. The rain turned to snow the next day and it became the Blizzard of 1888, the most famous snowstorm in American history. It caused more than 400 deaths.
  • Day 11-3 year 1930: William Howard Taft became the first U.S. president to be buried in the National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.
  • Day 11-3 year 1941: President Roosevelt signs the Lend-Lease Bill.
  • Day 11-3 year 1942: General Douglas MacArthur leaves the Philippines saying, "I shall return."
  • Day 11-3 year 1985: Mikhail Gorbachev became head of the Soviet Union following the death of Konstantin Chernenko. At 54, he was the youngest member of the ruling Politburo.
  • Day 11-3 year 1990: Augusto Pinochet of Chile, dictator since 1973, steps down.
  • Day 11-3 year 1993: Janet Reno won unanimous Senate confirmation to be the first female U.S. Attorney General.
  • Day 11-3 year 2004: Over 200 people were killed and over 1,400 were injured when bombs exploded in Madrid train stations. Al-Qaeda took responsibility for the attacks.
  • Day 11-3 year 2011: Japan is hit by an enormous earthquake that triggers a deadly 23-foot tsunami in the country's north, about 230 miles northeast of Tokyo. Cooling systems in one of the reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station fail shortly after the earthquake, causing a nuclear crisis.
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