Alan Hovhaness (March 8, 1911 - June 21, 2000) was an American composer of Armenian and Scottish descent. His music is accessible to the lay listener and often evokes a mood of mystery or contemplation. "The Boston Globe" music critic Richard Buell wrote: "Although he has been stereotyped as a self-consciously Armenian composer (rather as Ernest Bloch is seen as a Jewish composer), his output assimilates the music of many cultures. Wikipedia
... about American composer Alan Hovhaness (19112000) 'My purpose is to create music, not for snobs, but for all people, music which is beautiful and healing' An important 20th Century ... www.hovhaness.com/
This audio is available in streaming format American composer Alan Hovhaness (b. 1911, Somerville, Mass.) has successfully combined Eastern and Western music to produce unique works both exotic and immediately accessable. www.archive.org/details/OTGHovhaness
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The definitive Wikipedia entry for Alan Hovhaness. Wikipedia is the biggest multilingual free-content encyclopedia on the Internet. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somerville%2C_Massachusetts
