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This volume presents, for the first time, a generous selection from the more than 200 essays and articles written by one of the most original American composers and musical theorists of the twentieth century. There are articles on harmony, melody, notation and music history, essays on vocal innovation, folk music, and the intersection of music with other arts; reviews of concerts and recordings by contemporaries; notes on several of his own worked, and several pieces on his life and experiences as a composer.Higgins, Dick is the author of 'Essential Cowell Selected Writings on Music' with ISBN 9780929701639 and ISBN 0929701631.
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