Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Collection Summary
| Title | Alan Hovhaness music manuscripts, 1939-1969 |
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| Inclusive Dates | 1939-1969 |
| Bulk Dates | 1947-1967 |
| Creator | Hovhaness, Alan, 1911-2000 |
| Extent | approximately 925 items |
| Extent | 6 containers plus 23 bound scores |
| Extent | 3 linear feet |
| Language | Collection material in English |
| Location | Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
| Finding Aid Permalink | Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu021029 |
| LCCN Permalink | LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/2014572451 |
| Summary | Alan Hovhaness was an American composer, researcher, and organist of Armenian descent. He is predominantly known for works heavily inspired by non-European traditions and for drawing on exotic rhythmic, melodic, and instrumental resources founded in his own Armenian ancestry, other Middle Eastern styles, and, in his later years, Japanese and Korean instruments and styles. This finding aid collates classed holograph scores, parts, and sketches by Hovhaness that he donated to the Music Division from 1959 to 1970. |