Henry Cowell collection of noncommercial sound recordings.
Description
2 streaming audio files (90:45) : digital, mono.
Summary
In Part 1, lecturer and pianist Yvar Mikhashoff gives brief commentaries on each of the piano pieces, Cowell's own personal reflections of each composer, and the pieces' prescribed performing and notation styles, all interspersed throughout the lecture/recital. Some of the people he contacted with in preparing the lecture were Sidney Robertson Cowell and John Cage. In Part 2, Rene Prins leads the The Cowell Festival Wind Ensemble in a live concert, featuring trumpeter Benjamin Aldridge.
Alternative title
Henry Cowell collection of noncommercial sound recordings
[Part 1]: Lecture/Recital: "Henry Cowell and the American Five". [Opening lecture remarks] (0:00-0:17) ; Brief lecture on "Advertisement" (0:18-2:30) / Yvar Mikhashoff ; Advertisement (1914) / Henry Cowell (2:38-4:01) -- [Applause] (4:02-4:11) -- Brief lecture on "The tides of Minaldron [Manaunaun]" (4:20-5:18) / Yvar Mikhashoff ; The tides of Manaunaun (1917) / Henry Cowell (5:26-8:28) -- [Applause] (8:29-8:34) -- Brief lecture on "Fabric" (8:35-11:21) / Yvar Mikhashoff ; Fabric (1920) / Henry Cowell (11:26-13:20) -- [Applause] (13:21-13:25) -- Brief lecture on "The banshee" (13:27-15:00) / Yvar Mikhashoff ; The banshee (1925) / Henry Cowell (15:07-17:10) -- [Applause] (17:11-17:25) -- Brief lecture on "Improvisation [no. 1]" (17:26-19:36) / Yvar Mikhashoff ; Improvisation [no. 1] (1933, used for a recording in 1938) / Charles Ives (19:41-21:07) -- [Applause] (21:08-21:13) -- Brief lecture on "Dances" (21:14-22:56) / Yvar Mikhashoff ; Dances no. 3 (from "Four dances") (1930s) / John J. Becker (23:01-26:15) -- [Applause] (26:16-26:20) -- Brief lecture on "Evocation no. 1" (26:28-27:58) / Yvar Mikhashoff ; Evocation no. 1 (1934-?) / Carl Ruggles (28:04-30:00) -- [Applause] (30:10-30:13) -- Brief lecture on "Tone clusters" (30:22-31:08) / Yvar Mikhashoff ; Tone clusters (1944) (no. 10 of "The new and old, op. 38") / Wallingford Riegger (31:10-32:58) -- [Applause] (32:58-33:04) -- Brief lecture on "Sneaking" (33:06-38:43) / Yvar Mikhashoff ; Sneaking (from "Six [Nine] Ings" (1917-1922) / Henry Cowell (33:46-36:48) -- [Applause] (36:49-36:53) -- Brief lecture on "Aeolian harp" (37:00-38:41) / Yvar Mikhashoff ; Aeolian harp (1923) / Henry Cowell (38:45-41:10) -- [Applause] (41:11-41:17) -- Brief lecture on "The amenable [amiable] conversation" (41:19-41:35) / Yvar Mikhashoff ; The amenable [amiable] coversation (1917) / Henry Cowell (41:38-42:36) -- [Applause] (42:37-43:44)
[Part 2]: Wind Ensemble Concert. Shipshape overture (1941) / Henry Cowell (0:00-7:03) -- [Applause] (7:04-7:07) -- Shoonthree (1943) / Henry Cowell (7:11-11:28) -- [Applause] (11:32-11:34) -- A curse and a blessing (1949): A curse of balor of the evil eye (11:44-13:12) ; The blessing of Lugh of the shining face (13:16-18:04) / Henry Cowell -- [Applause] (18:06-18:08) -- Grandma's rhumba (1946) / Henry Cowell (18:16-22:08) -- [Applause] (22:09-22:12) -- At the beach (1943) / Virgil Thomson (22:13-31:41) -- [Applause] (31:43-31:45) -- Animal magic (of the Greenland Eskimo) (1941 [1944]) / Henry Cowell (31:51-35:51) -- [Applause] (35:53-35:54) -- Celtic set (1938): Reel (35:59-39:30) ; Caoine (39:52-44:11) ; Hornpipe (44:25-46:59) / Henry Cowell [ends abruptly]
Call number
*LTC 1294
Note
Title from the guide to the Henry Cowell collection ; additional information from promotional poster and festival program (found in JPB 00-03, box 71, folder 11 (1986)).
"3 of 5; Cowell Festive Occasion; Oneonta, NY; 4/86"--Originally from audiocassette label.
"H. C. Coll. no. 49; Musical world of Henry Cowell-Chamber concert; 4/26 [25]/86; I"--Originally from preservation copy (*LT-10 7201)
"H. C. Coll. no. 5[0]; Musical world of Henry Cowell-Chamber concert; 4/26/86; II"--Originally from preservation copy (*LT-10 7202)
"Henry Cowell and the American Five: a lecture/recital by Yvar Mikhashoff; Friday April 25, 1986; Anderson Center Theater; 3 pm; Program to be announced"--Originally from festival program (found in JPB 00-03, box 71, folder 11 (1986)).
Access (note)
Access to original item restricted. Patrons can access streaming video only onsite at the Library for Performing Arts Research Center.
Source (note)
Cowell, Mrs. Sidney
Linking entry (note)
Forms part of: Henry Cowell collection of noncommercial sound recordings; for papers, see Henry Cowell papers, 1851-1994 in the Music Division, JPB 00-03.
Processing action (note)
transfer date;
Title
The music world of Henry Cowell (Festival). Part 3. Lecture/Recital, 1986-04-25; Wind Ensemble concert, 1986-04-26.
Production
1986.
Playing time
004344 004701
Type of content
performed music
spoken word
Type of medium
audio
computer
Type of carrier
audiocassette
online resource
Digital file characteristics
audio files WAV file
Performer
Part 1: Yvar Mikhashoff, lecturer and piano. Part 2: The Cowell Festival Wind Ensemble ; Benjamin Aldridge, trumpet (5th-7th and 10th works) ; Rene Prins, conductor.
Event
Live lecture and piano recital recording [Anderson Theater Center, Hartwick College], Oneonta, New York 1986 April [25] at 3:00 P. M. (Part 1); Live concert recording [Anderson Center Music Circle, Hartwick College], Oneonta, New York 1986 April [26] at 11:00 A. M. (Part 2)
Access
Access to original item restricted. Patrons can access streaming video only onsite at the Library for Performing Arts Research Center.
Original version
Archival original: (1 audiocassette : analog, mono) in *LTC 1294.
Forms part of: Henry Cowell collection of noncommercial sound recordings; for papers, see Henry Cowell papers, 1851-1994 in the Music Division, JPB 00-03.
Local note
Preservation files: (2 audio files : digital, WAV file, 96 kHz, 24 bit), in long term storage, Digital Library Processing server [myh_ltc1294_v01f01_em (Part 1) and myh_ltc1294_v01f02_em (Part 2)].