Alan Hovhaness
About Alan Hovhaness
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. What may be most American about all of it is the way it turns its materials into a kind of exoticism.
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Symphony No. 48, Op. 355 "Vision of Andromeda": II. Fugue: Allegro
Symphony No. 2, Op. 132, "Mysterious Mountain": I. Andante Con Moto
Symphony No. 2, Op. 132 "Mysterious Mountain" - Andante Espressivo
4 Bagatelles, Op. 30: No. 1. —
Symphony No. 2, Op. 132, "Mysterious Mountain": II. Double Fugue
Prayer of St. Gregory, Op. 62b
5 Visionary Landscapes, Op. 214: No. 1
Sonata for Harp and Guitar, Op. 374, "Spirit of Trees": I. Andante cantabile - Maestoso rubato - Tempo I
And God Created Great Whales, Op. 229, No. 1
Symphony No. 2, Op. 132 "Mysterious Mountain" - Andante con Moto
Symphony No. 2, Op. 132 "Mysterious Mountain" - Double Fugue (Moderato Maestoso, Allegro Vivo)
Khrimian Hairig, Op. 49
II. Allegro
Symphony No. 2, Op. 132, "Mysterious Mountain": III. Andante Espressivo
Symphony No. 53, Op. 378, "Star Dawn": II. Moderato Sostenuto Con Molta Espressione
III. Senza misura: Adagio
Prayer of Saint Gregory, Op. 62b (version for trumpet and wind band)
Symphony No. 4, Op. 165: I. Andante
Symphony No. 4, Op. 165: II. Allegro
Prelude and Quadruple Fugue, Op. 128
Symphony No. 20, Op. 223, "3 Journeys To A Holy Mountain": III. Andante Maestoso
Symphony No. 4, Op. 165: III. Andante espressivo
Symphony No. 53, Op. 377, "Star Dawn": I. Maestoso sostenuto
Symphony No. 20, Op. 223, "3 Journeys To A Holy Mountain": II. Allegro Moderato
Symphony No. 53, Op. 377, "Star Dawn": II. Moderato sostenuto con molta espressione
Symphony No. 20, Op. 223, "3 Journeys To A Holy Mountain": I. Andante Espressivo
Alleluia and Fugue, Op. 40b
Symphony No. 19
String Quartet No. 2, Op. 147: VII. Hymn
Andante
Prayer of St. Gregory
Cello Concerto: Allegro
Symphony No. 50, Op. 360, "Mount St. Helens": I. Andante
String Quartet No. 3, Op. 208, No. 1: I. Andante - Adagio
Symphony No. 53, Op. 378, "Star Dawn": I. Maestoso Sostenuto
Symphony No. 50, Op. 360, "Mount St. Helens": II. Spirit Lake: Allegro
Celestial Fantasy, Op. 44
Mysterious Mountain
Symphony No. 22, Op. 236, "City of Light": II. Angel of Light (Largo)
And God Created Great Whales
Ghazal No. 1, Op. 36, No. 1
I. Andante
Mountain under the Sea, Op. 392
The Garden of Adonis, Op. 245: I. Largo
Alan Hovhaness -sonata
Prayer of Saint Gregory
String Quartet No. 2, Op. 147: I. Spirit Murmur
Symphony No. 22, Op. 236, "City of Light": Angel of Light
Symphony No.19
Love Song Vanishing into Sounds of Crickets, Op. 327
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