Cowell, Henry Dixon

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Portrait of Henry Dixon Cowell
Henry Dixon Cowell
Name
Cowell, Henry Dixon Gender: M
born on 11 March 1897 at 08:00 (= 08:00 AM )
Place Menlo Park CA, USA, 37n27, 122w10
Timezone PST h8w (is standard time)
Data source
From memory Rodden Rating A
Astrology data s_su.18.gif s_piscol.18.gif 21°22' s_mo.18.gif s_gemcol.18.gif 21°37 Asc.s_aricol.18.gif 27°40'



Biography

American pianist and pioneer composer with early experiments in sound and form of 20th century music. He composed from age 11, and performed in the U.S. and Europe. He wrote, founded and edited music magazine's and books that include "New Musical Resources," 1919. As a homosexual, he was jailed once in the mid-1930s.

Cowell died 12/10/1965, Shady, NY.

Link to Wikipedia biography

Events

  • Death, Cause unspecified 10 December 1965 (Age 68)
  • Work : Published/ Exhibited/ Released 1919 ('New Musical Resources")

Source Notes

Rudhyar quotes him

Categories

  • Vocation : Business : Top executive (CEO)
  • Vocation : Business/Marketing : Product Marketing (Chemical and materials production)
  • Lifestyle : Social Life : Outdoors (Sailing)
  • Lifestyle : Social Life : Collector (Old cars)
  • Vocation : Writers : Publisher/ Editor (Edited music magazine)
  • Vocation : Writers : Textbook/ Non-fiction
  • Passions : Sexuality : Homosexual male
  • Notable : Book Collection : Culture Collection
  • Vocation : Entertain/Music : Composer/ Arranger (Debut at 11)
  • Lifestyle : Work : Travel for work (Tours)
  • Passions : Criminal Perpetrator : Prison sentence (Once for homosexuality)

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