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Dictionary of Music - Birding America

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448 tyrolienneOTHER COMPOSERS FROM 1900 ON (continued)Composer Country <strong>Music</strong>al StyleJohn Eaton (1935– ) United States Electronic, microtonal; opera.Herbert Eimert (1897–1972) Germany Early atonal, mechanical instruments, serial; later purelyelectronic. Founded electronic studio, Cologne.Gottfried von Einem (1918–1996) Austria-Germany At first atonal and then neoclassic and finally neoromantic.Mainly operas and other theater works; also ballets,instrumental and vocal music.Hanns Eisler (1898–1962) Germany-U.S. Political music, mostly in traditional diatonic style; manysongs, film and theater music.Morton Feldman (1926–1987) United States Aleatory; later long minimalist works with free rhythms,limited dynamics.Brian Ferneyhough (1943– ) Great Britain–U.S. Complex counterpoint, unusual time signatures, personalserial style; works for solo instruments, ensembles, voice.Irving Fine (1914–1962) United States Neoclassic; later serial.Ross Lee Finney (1906–1997) United States Folk elements; serial; symphonies, choral music, muchchamber music.Gerald Finzi (1901–1956) Great Britain Mostly tonal; songs, choral music.Carlisle Floyd (1926– ) United States Operas in traditional style.Wolfgang Fortner (1907–1987) Germany First neoclassic, then personal serial style; instrumental andvocal works, opera.Roberto Gerhard (1896–1970) Spain–Great Britain Personal serial style.Alberto Ginastera (1916–1983) Argentina Serial with folk elements; quarter tones, polytonal, extremevocal and instrumental effects.Alexander Goehr (1932– ) Great Britain Serial combined with modal, <strong>of</strong>ten cast in classical forms.Henryk Górecki (1933– ) Poland Mystic minimalist with neoromantic elements; choral works,symphonies, string quartets.Morton Gould (1913–1996) United States Incorporated elements <strong>of</strong> jazz, pop, folk and marching bandmusic in pieces for orchestra, piano, various ensembles;also film music and many ballets.Roy Harris (1898–1979) United States Tonal but no key signatures; strong influence <strong>of</strong> <strong>America</strong>n folkmusic; 14 symphonies, ballets, vocal music, chamber music.Stephen Hartke (1952– ) United States Influence <strong>of</strong> neoromantics; combines jazz rhythms, gamelan,harmony influenced by Franco-Flemish polyphony.Karl Amadeus Hartmann Germany Serial, expressionist; eight symphonies.(1905–1963)Pierre Henry (1927– ) France Musique concrète, electronic; ballet music.Lejaren Hiller (1924–1994) United States Electronic, computer music; music theater, mixed media.Vagn Holmboe (1909–1996) Denmark About 400 works in traditional orchestral, chamber andchoral forms; mainly tonal; organic development <strong>of</strong> motifs.Alan Hovhaness (1911–2000) United States Tonal; combines Eastern instrumental textures and modeswith Western counterpoint and structure.Klaus Huber (1924– ) Switzerland Mystical, medieval and Renaissance influences; atonal,spatial acoustics, harmony and polyphony based on modesin third-tones; many choral works. Influential teacher.

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