Composer Roy Harris

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Composer

Roy Harris

Living place: Oklahoma

Birthday: 12-2-1898

Global rank: #71519

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Composer Roy Harris profile

Who is Composer Roy Harris?
Pioneer American-accented symphonies, such as the British 3rd Symphony performed to sell-out crowds and several American presidents.
He was equally interested in American folk songs, which he adopted and mixed into his symphony folk songs.

Young / Before famous

He studied under a number of famous composers, including Arthur Bliss, Arthur farwell, and Nadia Boulanger.

Family life info

He was born into a working-class family in a log cabin in rural Chandler, Oklahoma, and grew up in rural San Gabriel Valley, California. He learned piano from his mother.

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Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Composer Roy Harris là ai?
He memorized the same tutors as Leonard Bernstein and Aaron Copland, who suggested him to study in Paris, although his style was less influenced by European classics and more by American ethnicity.

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When was Composer Roy Harris born?
Roy Harris was born in 12-2-1898, death year is , at the age of 126.
Where is Composer Roy Harris's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Roy Harris was born in Oklahoma, . Là Composer, whose Zodiac is Aquarius, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Dog. Roy Harris's global rank is 71519 and whose rank is 680 in list of famous Composer.
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Events in 1898 and 12-2

Birthday Roy Harris (12-2) in history

  • Day 12-2 year 1554: In just nine days, Lady Jane Gray, the queen of England, was executed for high treason. She is known by the nickname "Queen of Nine Days".
  • Day 12-2 year 1733: James Edward Oglethorpe led the first British colonists to Savannah, the first capital of Georgia. He later became the first governor of Georgia.
  • Day 12-2 year 1818: Chile formally proclaimed its independence from Spain.
  • Day 12-2 year 1870: The Utah Territory granted women the right to vote (revoked in 1887).
  • Day 12-2 year 1909: The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was founded.
  • Day 12-2 year 1912: Pu Yi, the last emperor of the Manchu (Ch'ing) dynasty in China, renounced his throne following the establishment of a republic under Sun Yat-sen.
  • Day 12-2 year 1973: The first release of American prisoners of war from the Vietnam war took place.
  • Day 12-2 year 1999: The Senate voted to acquit President Clinton on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice.
  • Day 12-2 year 2002: Yugoslavian ex-president Slobodan Milosevic went on trial for war crimes.
  • Day 12-2 year 2010: The 2010 Winter Olympics opened in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The games got off to a tragic start when a luger from the Republic of Georgia, Nodar Kumaritashvili, dies tragically in a crash during training run.
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