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Alan Hovhaness
12+ albums
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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. The atmosphere is hushed, reverential, mystical, nostalgic." He was among the most prolific composers of the 20th century, composing 67 symphonies and more than 400 opus numbers.[1] He was born as Alan Vaness Chakmakjian in Somerville, Massachusetts to Haroutioun Hovanes Chakmakjian (an Armenian chemistry professor at Tufts College who had been born in Adana, Turkey) and Madeleine Scott (an American woman of Scottish and English descent who had graduated from Wellesley College). At the age of five, the family moved from Somerville to Arlington, Massachusetts. Upon his mother's death (October 3, 1930), he began to use the surname "Hovaness" in honor of his paternal grandfather, and changed it to "Hovhaness" around 1944. The name change reflected increased pride in his Armenian heritage, something that had earlier been discouraged by his mother. Alan was interested in music from a very early age, writing his first composition at the age of four afte
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Symphony No. 48, Op. 355 "Vision of Andromeda": II. Fugue: Allegro
6,6102Symphony No. 2, Op. 132, "Mysterious Mountain": I. Andante Con Moto
2,5933Symphony No. 2, Op. 132 "Mysterious Mountain" - Andante Espressivo
2,41844 Bagatelles, Op. 30: No. 1. —
2,0205Symphony No. 2, Op. 132, "Mysterious Mountain": II. Double Fugue
2,0036Prayer of St. Gregory, Op. 62b
1,65775 Visionary Landscapes, Op. 214: No. 1
1,4358Sonata for Harp and Guitar, Op. 374, "Spirit of Trees": I. Andante cantabile - Maestoso rubato - Tempo I
1,2869And God Created Great Whales, Op. 229, No. 1
1,24610Symphony No. 2, Op. 132 "Mysterious Mountain" - Andante con Moto
1,067albums
Hovhaness: Works for Orchestra & Soprano Saxophone
Hovhaness, A.: Symphony No. 2 ,"Mysterious Mountain" / Prayer of St. Gregory / And God Created Great Whales (Seattle Symphony)
HOVHANESS: Symphonies Nos. 4, 20 and 53
Mystic Classics - Visionary Choral and Orchestral Masterpieces
HOVHANESS: Khrimian Hairig / Guitar Concerto / Symphony No. 60
Hovhaness, A.: 4 Bagatelles / String Quartet Nos. 1-4 / Zhou, L.: Song of the Ch'In ( Spirit Murmur)
American Mystic
HOVHANESS: Symphony No. 22 / Cello Concerto
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Horizons - A Musical Journey
Hovhaness: Symphonies Nos. 1, 'Exile Symphony' and 50, 'Mount St. Helen'
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Serene Journeys Through Classical Music
Hovhaness, A.: Hovhaness Collection, Vol. 2