Friday, May 14, 2021

May 14 - Lou Harrison (The Musical Birthday Series, 3rd Annual Cycle)

Previous posts for May 14th may be found here: Otto Klemperer (2019) and Lou Harrison (2020)

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Lou Harrison (14 May 1917 – 2 February 2003) was an American composer who was interested in non-standard tuning systems, and non-Western music.

 


Metaphor


Lou Harrison knitted and purled

With the musical sounds of the world.

His pieces abound

With the sounds that he found,

Which are tooted, and hammered, and skirled.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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