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saltyknuckles
Featured on SaltyKnuckles ~ Classics №XXXVI - classics.saltyknuckles.net/2014-29/
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fearimpaired
I ask other listeners of Hovhaness to tag him with "armenian", not only for his origins, but also for many of his works which are based on Armenian music and themes, most obviously "Achtamar", "Kohar", "Khrimian Hayrig", "Tzaikerk", "Prayer of Saint Gregory", "Lousadzak" etc. :)))
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akglumstubble
"His music is accessible to the lay listener and often evokes a mood of mystery or contemplation."...as opposed to the high priesthood of initiated music scholars. Truly damning with faint praise.
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Topographic23
His music should have been used more in movies...especially the big 'epic' movies. It was perfect for that kind of art.
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Phil-between
And God Created Great Whales gives me gooseflesh... Hovhaness and Harrison should be canonized.
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Organbook
Interesting comment StDionysus. Seems Hovhaness himself was anti-elitist. The [URL=http://www.hovhaness.com/Biography.html]biography[/URL] at the [URL=http://www.hovhaness.com/Hovhaness.html]alan Hovhaness[/URL] site strongly implies that he fought against elitist criticism most of his life. So I guess hovhaness got the last laugh, in that he antisipated musical attitudes from audiences were changing.
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StDionysus
"His music is accessible to the lay listener and often evokes a mood of mystery or contemplation." most elitist description ever.
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