Lou Harrison
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Lou Silver Harrison was an American composer, music critic, music theorist, painter, and creator of unique musical instruments.
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Lou (left) and Bill Harrison (right), c. early 1920s
Harrison considered Henry Cowell (pictured) his greatest musical inspiration and one of his closest friends
Harrison developed a deep interest in the traditional gamelan ensembles of southern Indonesia (pictured)
Lou Harrison and William Colvig
Example of just intonation tuning by Harrison, using a pentatonic scale based on perfect ratios for one of his constructed gamelan instrumentsListen
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Lou Silver Harrison was an American composer, music critic, music theorist, painter, and creator of unique musical instruments. Harrison initially wrote in a dissonant, ultramodernist style similar to his former teacher and contemporary, Henry Cowell, but later moved toward incorporating elements of non-Western cultures into his work. Notable examples include a number of pieces written for Javanese style gamelan instruments, inspired after his introduction to noted gamelan musician Kanjeng Notoprojo. Harrison would create his own musical ensembles and instruments with his partner, William Colvig, who are now both considered founders of the American gamelan movement and world music; along with composers Harry Partch and Claude Vivier, and ethnomusicologist Colin McPhee.
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