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Baker S Biographical Dictionary Of Musicians, 1900
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1Harrison, Lou, American composer; b. Portland, Ore., May 14, 1917. He studied with Cowell and Schoenberg. From the first he adopted a completely free modern style of composition, particularly strong in rhythmic variety, polytonal harmonies, and atonal melodic lines. However, he has also written several works in a relatively conservative style. He lived in California from 1926-43; taught at Mills College (1937-40) and at the Univ. of California, Los Angeles (1942); in 1943 went to N. Y.; wrote music criticism for the 'N. Y. Herald Tribune' (1945-48); taught at Black Mt. College, N. C. (1951-52); in 1952 received a Guggenheim Foundation Award; also active as conductor and instrument maker; introduced two new principles for clavichord construction; built a Phrygian aulos; developed a process for direct composition for phonograph; invented theories of Interval Controls (1938) and Rhythm Controls (1942); also wrote plays and verse; constructed mobiles; engaged in various trades, including, for a time, that of a florist.—Works: opera Rapunzel; incidental music to Peter Pan, Winter's Tale, The Only Jealousy of Emer, The Beautiful People, etc.; ballets, Perilous Chapel, Solstice, Johnny Appleseed, Almanac of the Seasons, Praises for Hummingbirds and Hawks; many dances for orch.; a symph. in G; suite for violin, piano, and small orch. (N. Y., Oct. 28, 1952); 14 sinfonias for percussion orch.; songs for 8 baritones with orch.; piano pieces; etc.
3Harrison, May, English violinist; b. Roorke, India, March, 1891. She studied at the Royal College of Music with E. Arbos and A. Rivarde; like her sister Beatrice, she won at the age of 10 the gold medal of the Associate Board of the Royal College of Music and Royal Academy of Music over 3,000 competitors; she then studied for some time under L. Auer in St. Petersburg; made her début in 1904 in London with marked success, and toured Europe, mostly in company with her sister.
5Harriss, Charles Albert Edwin, composer and organist; b. London, Dec. 15, 1862; d. Ottawa, Ont., Aug. 1, 1929. At 8 he was chorister at St. Mark's, Wrexham, where his father was organist; assistant organist at St. Giles', Reading (1880); from 1883 he lived with his father in Montreal, Canada; organist at Christ Church Cathedral, then at the Church of St. James the Apostle, famous for its outstanding organ music. Harriss founded a glee and madrigal society.—Works: opera Torquil (Montreal, 1896); cantata Daniel before the King (1890); anthems; piano and organ music; songs.
7Harsányi (hăhr'-shăh-nē), Tibor, composer; b. Magyarkanizsa, Hungary, June 27, 1898; d. Paris, Sept. 19, 1954. He studied at the Budapest Academy of Music, with Kodály; in 1923 he settled in Paris, where he devoted himself to composition. The melodic material of his music stems from Hungarian folk melos; his harmonic idiom is largely polytonal; the rhythms are sharp, often with jazz-like syncopation; the form remains classical.—Works: chamber opera Les Invités (Gera, Germany, 1930); radio opera Illusion (Paris, June 28, 1949); 4 ballets: Le dernier songe (Budapest, Jan. 27, 1920), Pantins (Paris, 1938), Chota Roustaveli (in collaboration with Honegger and A. Tcherepnin; Monte Carlo, 1945), and L'Amour et la Vie (1951); a puppet show, L'Histoire du Petit Tailleur for 7 instruments and percussion (1939). For orch.: La Joie de vivre (Paris, March 11, 1934, composer conducting); 2 divertissements (1940-41, 1943); violin concerto (Paris Radio, Jan. 16, 1947); Figures et Rythmes (Geneva, Nov. 19, 1947, composer conducting); Danses variées (Basel, Feb. 14, 1950, composer conducting); a symphony (Salzburg Festival, June 26, 1952). Chamber music: sonatina for violin and piano (1918); 3 pieces for flute and piano (1924); 2 string quartets (1918, 1935); cello sonata (1928); nonet for string and wind instruments (Vienna Festival, June 21, 1932); Rhapsody for cello and piano (1939); Picnic for 2 violins, cello, double-bass, and percussion (1951); several pieces for gypsy instruments (1953); many piano pieces, among which the most effective are: 5 études rythmiques (1934), 3 pièces lyriques, and albums for children. He also wrote several choral works, including Cantate de Noël for voices, flute, and strings (Paris, Dec. 24, 1945).—Cf. J. S. Weissmann, Tibor Harsányi, in the 'Chesterton' (1952).
9Harshaw, Margaret, American opera singer; b. Narbeth, Pa., May 12, 1912. She won an audition with the Metropolitan Opera as contralto in 1942, and appeared in the roles of Amneris, Azucena, etc.; in 1950, changed to soprano, and specialized in Wagnerian roles; her interpretations (both as soprano and contralto) soon placed her among the most celebrated singers of Wagner's operas; she sang Isolde, Elisabeth, and all three Brünnhildes. She married Oskar Leopold Eichna (Sept. 7, 1935).
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