Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
Date | Event |
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1898, Feb. 12 | Born near Chandler, Okla. to Elmer Harris and Laura Broddle |
1921 | Studied at University of California, Berkeley |
1924 | Began studies with Arthur Farwell |
1926 | Andante for orchestra premiered by Howard Hanson and the Eastman School Orchestra |
1926-1929 | Studied with Nadia Boulanger |
1927 | Premiere of Concerto for Piano, Clarinet, and String Quartet in Paris |
1929 | Completed Symphony--American Portrait 1929 |
1931 | Received Creative Fellowship of the Pasadena Music and Art Association |
1932 | Joined summer faculty of The Juilliard School of Music |
1933 | Completed Symphony 1933 (Symphony no.1) |
1934 | Symphony 1933 premiered by Koussevitzky and the Boston Symphony Completed Symphony no. 2 |
1934-1938 | Began teaching at Westminster Choir School |
1936 October | Married Beula (Johana) Duffey |
1936 | Wrote Quintet for Piano and Strings |
1938 | Completed Symphony no. 3 |
1939 | Symphony no. 3 premiered by Koussevitzky and the Boston Symphony |
1939-1940 | Completed Folksong Symphony (Symphony no. 4) |
1941-1943 | Began teaching at Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. |
1941 | Taught summer sessions at Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colo. |
1942 | Completed Symphony no. 5 Received Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge Medal "for eminent services to chamber music" |
1943-1948 | Began teaching full time at Colorado College |
1944 | Completed Symphony no. 6 (Gettysburg) Elected to National Institute of Arts and Letters |
1948-1949 | Taught at University of Utah, Logan |
1950-1951 | Taught at Peabody College for Teachers, Nashville, Tenn. |
1951-1956 | Taught at Pennsylvania College for Women |
1952 | Completed Symphony no. 7 |
1956-1957 | Taught at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale |
1957-1959 | Taught at Indiana University as its distinguished Patten Lecturer |
1958 | Traveled to U.S.S.R. with a delegation of American composers sponsored by the State Department |
1959 | Organized the International String Congress, with its first session at Greenleaf Lake, Okla. |
1959-1961 | Taught at Inter-American University in the newly formed International Institute of Music, San Germán, Puerto Rico |
1961-1971 | Taught at University of Calif., Los Angeles |
1962 | Completed Symphony no. 8 (San Francisco Symphony) and Symphony no. 9 |
1965 | Completed Symphony no. 10 (Abraham Lincoln Symphony) |
1967 | Completed Symphony no. 11 |
1968 | Completed Symphony no. 12 (Pere Marquette Symphony) |
1971-1976 | Taught at California State University, Los Angeles |
1973 | Roy Harris Archive founded at California State University |
1975 | Completed Bicentennial Symphony 1976 (Symphony no. 13) |
1976 | Composed final work, Rejoice and Sing |
1979 | Inducted into National Academy of Arts and Letters |
1979, Oct. 1 | Died, Santa Monica, Calif. |