Alan Hovhaness's Profile
Brief about Alan Hovhaness: By info that we know Alan Hovhaness was born at 1911-03-08. And also Alan Hovhaness is American Composer.
Some Alan Hovhaness's quotes. Goto "Alan Hovhaness's quotation" section for more.I think that of my 21 symphonies, each has its own place.
Tags: Place, SymphoniesIt's hard for me to think of others because I'm not particularly in sympathy with the music of this century.
Tags: Hard, Music, SympathyNo, no, I didn't know him. He lost his mind around 1917 because of the tragedy of the Armenians.
Tags: Him, Lost, MindThere is nothing like practice.
Tags: PracticeI found a greater identity with my own emotions in the Armenian culture as I grew older, as well as from the beginning, although I didn't know anything about it.
Tags: Beginning, Culture, OlderI was born in Somerville, but I don't remember very much about it because we moved from there to Arlington when I was five years old, and it was in Arlington that I spent most of my childhood.
Tags: Born, Old, RememberI was much more interested in the orchestra than the piano, but I did become fairly proficient as a pianist and my teachers felt I had talent and wanted me to become a good concert pianist and earn my living that way.
Tags: Become, Good, LivingMy mother's background was Scottish. She came from an old family, some of whom lived in upper New York State and some of whom had come over from Scotland.
Tags: Family, Mother, OldThere were periods when I sometimes made fires in a large, open fireplace that lasted about two weeks, which was how long it took to burn my compositions. So there has been an awful lot that I have destroyed.
Tags: Open, Sometimes, TookThis is not to say that the Scots are not fine people, but they were all sort of... well, my grandfather was a minister and sort of Protestant, and this was rather depressing to me.
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