Hanson, Howard

Performer

Howard Hanson (October 28, 1896 – February 26, 1981) was an American composer, conductor, educator, music theorist, and champion of American classical music. As director for 40 years of the Eastman School of Music, he built a high-quality school and provided opportunities for commissioning and performing American music. He won a Pulitzer Prize (in 1944 for his Symphony no. 4) and received numerous other awards. [source from Wikipedia]

Work

• Schelomo
• Rhapsody in Blue
• The Enchanted Lake, Op. 62
• Kikimora, Op. 63
• Selections from McGuffey's Reader
• 2 Elegiac Melodies, Op. 34
• Concerto Grosso No. 1
• Concerto Grosso No. 2
• Once Upon a Time
• Adventures in a Perambulator
• Symphonic Sketches
• Sinfonia in G major
• Elegy, Op. 44
• Birds Of Paradise, Op.34
• The Stars and Stripes Forever
• Piano Concerto in F major