Lou Harrison : composing a world / by Miller, Leta E.

Lou Harrison / by Miller, Leta E.

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Lou Harrison American musical maverick / by Alves, Bill, Campbell, Brett, 1967-

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Lou Harrison : American musical maverick / by Alves, Bill, Campbell, Brett, 1967-

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Suite for violoncello and piano / by Harrison, Lou, 1917-2003

Concerto for violin with percussion orchestra / by Harrison, Lou, 1917-2003

Selected keyboard and chamber music, 1937-1994 / by Harrison, Lou, 1917-2003

Double music, for percussion quartet. by Cage, John

Just West Coast microtonal music for guitar and harp.

Table of Contents: “…Suite no. 2 (Jahla ; Waltz for Evelyn Hinrichsen ; Threnody ; Sonata in Ishartum ; Beverly's troubadour piece) / Lou Harrison (9:39) -- Sarabande / La Monte Young (1:37) -- Two studies on ancient Greek scales (Study on Olympos' pentatonic (1:14) ; Study on Archytas' enharmonic (2:28)) ; Barstow : 8 hitchhikers' inscriptions (9:58) / Harry Partch -- Dream (6:46) ; In a landscape (8:40) / John Cage -- Six sonatas / Lou Harrison (20:37).…”

Javaphilia : American love affairs with Javanese music and dance / by Spiller, Henry

Table of Contents: “…A tale of two expos -- Roots of American "Javas": the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition -- Java to jazz: Eva Gauthier -- "To make ourselves complete": Stowitts -- Man(tle Hood), the unknown -- More western than it sounds: Lou Harrison -- Javaphilia: then and now.…”
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Amadinda percussion group.

Table of Contents: “…Ionisation / Edgard Varèse (5:42) -- Toccata / Carlos Chávez (11:41) -- 4'33" / John Cage (4:33) -- Double music / John Cage ; Lou Harrison(7:00) -- Amores / John Cage (9:14) -- Third construction / John Cage (10:06).…”

The Blackearth Percussion Group

Table of Contents: “…Fugue, 1941 / Lou Harrison (3:55) -- Quartet variations, 1972 / Edward Miller (5:23) -- Tune, 1965 / Mario Bertoncini (7:05) -- Apple blossom, 1972 / Peter Garland (6:46) -- Amores, 1943 / John Cage (9:25) -- Take that, 1972 / William Albright (10:45).…”

Talking music : conversations with John Cage, Philip Glass, Laurie Anderson, and five generations of American experimental composers / by Duckworth, William

12 x 11 : piano music in twentieth century America /

Table of Contents: “…Playing for time / Milton Babbitt -- Mobile / Leslie Bassett -- Variations for Agnes / Fred Coulter -- Dream images / George Crumb -- Prelude and fugue II (C minor) / David Diamond -- Souvenir / Richard Faith -- Medley / Ross Lee Finney -- Homage to Milhaud ; Reel : homage to Henry Cowell / Lou Harrison -- Three love songs / Nelson Keyes -- Notturno : Bellagio adagio / Halsey Stevens -- Four piano pieces / Bruce Wise.…”

Selected songs by Ives, Charles, 1874-1954

American composers of today : 23 piano pieces imparting appreciation of contemporary music.

Table of Contents: “…Duet / Milton Babbitt -- Intermezzo / Arthur Berger -- March of the puppets / Sol Berkowitz -- Game / Norman Cazden -- Toccatina / Henry Cowell -- Prelude / Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco -- Night song / Norman Dello Joio -- The small sad sparrow / Vivian Fine -- Walk / Miriam Gideon -- Little suite : for piano / Lou Harrison -- Lullaby / Alan Hovhaness -- Starscape / Robert Helps --Noel far from home / Jan Meyerowitz -- A child's daydream / Charles Mills -- A mood / Hall Overton -- Parade / Joseph Prostakoff -- Echo / Karol Rathaus --Waltz for Brenda ; Little piece / Roger Sessions -- Pastoral / Nicolas Slonimsky -- Above, below and between / Robert Starer -- Prelude / William Sydeman -- Lyric piece / Ben Weber.…”

Perspectives on American music, 1900-1950 /

Table of Contents: “…Boyd -- The art of noise : John Cage, Lou Harrison, and the West Coast Percussion Ensemble / Leta Miller -- Melville Smith : organist, educator, early music pioneer, and American composer / Mark DeVoto -- Toscanini and the NBC Symphony Orchestra : high, middle, and low culture, 1937-1954 / Donald C. …”

Schoenberg and Hollywood modernism / by Marcus, Kenneth H.

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The farthest place : the music of John Luther Adams /

Table of Contents: “…Song of the earth / Alex Ross -- Music as place, place as music : the sonic geography of John Luther Adams / Sabine Feisst -- Time at the end of the world : the orchestral tetralogy of John Luther Adams / Kyle gann -- For Lou Harrison / Peter Garland -- Strange noise, sacred places / Steven Schick -- Go there to listen : how music based on nature might not need natural sounds / David Rothenberg -- The thunder that smokes / Glenn Kotche -- How do you play with an aura? …”
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For the love of music : invitations to listening / by Steinberg, Michael, 1928-2009

Table of Contents: “…Bach ; Stravinsky's ear-stretching, joy-giving legacy -- The recent scene. A visit with Lou Harrison ; George Perle : composing a way of life ; A quintet for American music ; Three American composers in pursuit of the white whale ; A century set to music -- Missionaries. …”
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