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Henry Cowell

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Profession
Composer
Died
Dec 10, 1965
Zodiac
Pisces
Born in
Menlo Park CA
About
Avant-garde composer who set the standard for expression and technique that influenced generations of musicians. His compositions explored atonality, polytonality, polyrhythms, and non-Western modes.
Family
He was born in Menlo Park, California. Both of his parents were bohemian writers, and he was raised by his mother after they divorced.

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