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Lou Harrison

Lou Harrison has been played over 10 times on NTS, first on 6 September 2016. Lou Harrison's music has been featured on 14 episodes.

Lou Silver Harrison (May 14, 1917 – February 2, 2003) was an American composer. He was a student of Henry Cowell, Arnold Schönberg, and K.P.H. Notoprojo (also known as K.R.T. Wasitodiningrat or Pak Cokro).

Harrison is particularly noted for incorporating elements of the music of non-Western cultures into his work, with a number of pieces featuring traditional Indonesian gamelan instruments, and several more featuring versions of them made out of tin cans and other materials. The majority of his works are written…

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Suite For Symphonic Strings
Harrison
Argo1995
Suite For Symphonic Strings
HarrisonArgo1995
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Suite For Violin And American Gamelan
Lou Harrison
New Albion1988
Suite For Violin And American Gamelan
Lou HarrisonNew Albion1988
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Threnody For Carlos Chavez (1979)
Lou Harrison
Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI)1991
Threnody For Carlos Chavez (1979)
Lou HarrisonComposers Recordings Inc. (CRI)1991
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Bubaran Robert
Lou Harrison
Musicmasters Classics, Musical Heritage Society1993
Bubaran Robert
Lou HarrisonMusicmasters Classics, Musical Heritage Society1993
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Four Pieces For Harp
Lou Harrison, Oakland Youth Orchestra, Robert Hughes
Desto1971
Four Pieces For Harp
Lou Harrison, Oakland Youth Orchestra, Robert HughesDesto1971
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First Concerto For Flute And Percussion
The Kroumata Percussion Ensemble, Manuela Wiesler, Jolivet, Harrison, Cage, Sandström
BIS1984
First Concerto For Flute And Percussion
The Kroumata Percussion Ensemble, Manuela Wiesler, Jolivet, Harrison, Cage, SandströmBIS1984
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Song Of Quetzalcoatl
Lou Harrison
Orion1972
Song Of Quetzalcoatl
Lou HarrisonOrion1972
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