Alan Hovhaness
Alan Hovhaness
Alan Hovhanesswas an American composer of Armenian and Scottish descent. He was one of the most prolific 20th-century composers, with his official catalog comprising 67 numbered symphoniesand 434 opus numbers. The true tally is well over 500 surviving works since many opus numbers comprise two or more distinct works...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionComposer
Date of Birth8 March 1911
CountryUnited States of America
nature travel religion
I've always regarded nature as the clothing of God.
heaven earth sound
The composer...joins Heaven and Earth with threads of sounds.
admired certain composers mostly music nature
There are certain composers I have always admired very much, but I have always admired nature mostly and the music of the Orient.
attic born house remember
In back of the house where I was born there was an attic and from there you could see a poorhouse. I remember that very clearly.
began composing realized
I had been composing but I didn't know I was. When I realized that this was what I had been doing, I began to take it seriously.
allowed good music records
Also, many very good records of contemporary music have been allowed to disappear. They don't recut them even when they are successful.