My life with Cowells : being an account of personal relationships / by Olive Thompson Cowell, 1887- , wife of Henry Clayton Blackwood Cowell, known as Harry Cowell, 1866-1954, father of Henry Dixon Cowell, composer, 1897-1965, husband of Sidney Rovertson [sic] Cowell, 1904- , composed in November, 1

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My life with Cowells : being an account of personal relationships / by Olive Thompson Cowell, 1887- , wife of Henry Clayton Blackwood Cowell, known as Harry Cowell, 1866-1954, father of Henry Dixon Cowell, composer, 1897-1965, husband of Sidney Rovertson [sic] Cowell, 1904- , composed in November, 1972 and finished in May 1973 at the Cowell House, 171 SanMarcos Avenue, San Francisco, Ca. 94116, 1972-1973.

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Includes material on the career of composer Henry Cowell; encounters with many musicians and other artists, the founding of New Music and the New Music Society; an extended trip to Ireland, Russia, and points between in 1929 with Henry; various later trips without Henry; Henry's imprisonment in San Quentin for a morals charge, 1936-1940 (later pardoned); Henry's marriage to Sidney Robertson, 1942; relationship between Henry's parents and Sidney Cowell; Harry's death, 1954; and Henry's death, 1965.

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Cowell, Henry, 1897-1965

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Composed 1916-18. The original ms. had a pencilled-in note saying: "This is the only copy anywhere." See note from Mrs. Cowell 19 Nov. 1959: "The first symphony is a student work, and I hope earnestly for it not to be performed." This is a facsimile of the composer's holograph score, according to Bill Lichtenwanger.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Symphony in B minor / Henry Cowell. 1918. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 45207014 Compo...

Cowell, Olive Thompson, 1887-1984

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Olive Thompson Cowell was married to Harry Cowell, father of composer Henry Cowell. Lilly (or Lily) Popper was Henry Cowell's colleague in a school of music. From the description of Letters from Olive Cowell to Mrs. Popper, 1936 Sept. 27-1937 Oct. 27. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122456360 From the guide to the Letters from Olive Cowell to Mrs. Popper, 1936 Sept. 27-1937 Oct. 27, (The New York Public Library. Music Division.) Art and m...

Cowell, Harry

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Cowell, Sidney Robertson, 1903-1995

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Henry Cowell was an American composer; his wife, Sidney Cowell, was an ethnomusicoloist. From the description of Anniversary pieces [list] : music by Henry Cowell for his wife, 1941-1965, 1979. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122431873 From the description of Cowell family music box [list], 1979. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122532987 Sidney Robertson Cowell (b. June 2,1903, in San Francisco, California; d. February 23, 1995, in Shad...

New Music Society of California

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Society founded by Henry Cowell. From the description of Papers, ca. 1927-1936. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122378669 From the guide to the New Music Society papers, ca. 1927-1936, (The New York Public Library. Music Division.) ...

California State Prison at San Quentin

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