An Analytical and Educational Survey of Howard Hanson's Dies ...
An Analytical and Educational Survey of Howard Hanson's Dies ... An Analytical and Educational Survey of Howard Hanson's Dies ...
11Promotion ofAmerican MusicHanson made significant contributions to the Eastman School of Music, the windmusic community, and to music education through his advocacy and promotion ofAmerican music. Principal among these contributions was the foundation of theAmerican Composers' Concerts, Festival of American Music, and Symposia of AmericanMusic. Recordings from all three concert settings were regularly broadcasted overnational public radio for years.Hanson organized the American Composers' Concerts in 1925 as a way ofdiscovering and fostering new composing talent and as an opportunity for Americancomposers to hear their works performed by the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra(Cohen, 2004). In 1936, biannual symposia were implemented as a less formal, additionalsetting for the reading of new American music. The fall symposium was for the readingof new music in multiple genres by composers throughout the United States. The springsymposium was available exclusively for the reading of compositions by students atEastman.The Festival of American Music was founded by Hanson in 1931, the tenthanniversary of the Eastman School of Music, as an annual weeklong concert seriespromoting both new works and previously performed works by American composers.Composers whose works were performed over the course of the festivals included AaronCopland, Roy Harris, Ernst Bacon, Russell Bennett, Elliott Carter, Henry Cowell, PaulCreston, David Diamond, Vittorio Gianinni, Douglas Moore, Burrill Phillips,Wallingford Riegger, Lazare Saminsky, Robert Sanders, Leo Sowerby, William GrantStill, and Randall Thompson (Cohen, 2004). "Almost every well-known American
12composer [has] been represented in the programs of the American Composers' Concertsand in the annual Festival of American Music" (Monroe, 1970, p.169). Works fororchestra, chamber winds, wind ensemble, opera, ballet, and chorus were included in theseries. Concerts were free to the public, and the 3,000-seat Eastman Theatre wasfrequently filled to capacity. Hanson directed the Festivals until 1971, continuing after hisretirement from Eastman in 1964 under the newly founded Institute of American Music.Over 2,000 scores by more than 700 American composers were performed over the fortyyearsof festivals (Monroe, 1970).
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- Page 16 and 17: 13Compositional StyleHanson is wide
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- Page 24 and 25: 21Ex. 2: Piano reduction of chorale
- Page 26 and 27: 23Five Variations: Style OverviewEa
- Page 28 and 29: 25Five Variations: Melodic Elements
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12composer [has] been represented in the programs <strong>of</strong> the American Composers' Concerts<strong>and</strong> in the annual Festival <strong>of</strong> American Music" (Monroe, 1970, p.169). Works fororchestra, chamber winds, wind ensemble, opera, ballet, <strong>and</strong> chorus were included in theseries. Concerts were free to the public, <strong>and</strong> the 3,000-seat Eastman Theatre wasfrequently filled to capacity. Hanson directed the Festivals until 1971, continuing after hisretirement from Eastman in 1964 under the newly founded Institute <strong>of</strong> American Music.Over 2,000 scores by more than 700 American composers were performed over the fortyyears<strong>of</strong> festivals (Monroe, 1970).
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