Hovhaness, Alan. (1911-2000)
Signed Photograph
Striking signed photograph of the prolific composer, who has inscribed "To George Gaber with great admiration. Alan Hovhaness/ '58" to lower margin. Light wear to corners, surface creasing in margins with image unaffected, else fine. 8 x 10 inches (20.3 x 25.4 cm.).A prolific composer, Hovhaness's official catalog comprises 67 symphonies and 434 opus numbers. "Although he has been stereotyped as a self-consciously Armenian composer (rather as Ernest Bloch is seen as a Jewish composer), his output assimilates the music of many cultures. What may be most American about all of it is the way it turns its materials into a kind of exoticism. The atmosphere is hushed, reverential, mystical, nostalgic." (Richard Buell, Boston Globe)
From the collection of George Gaber (1916–2007), noted percussionist who performed with a number of professional ensembles, including the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, the Israel Philharmonic, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and Baltimore Symphony and worked with Leonard Bernstein, Otto Klemperer, Igor Stravinsky, Henry Mancini, Duke Ellington and many others over the span of his career. From 1960 to 1986 taught percussion at the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University and was also an artist in residence at Carnegie Mellon University, an adjudicator for National Music Arts in Japan and the Canadian Music Competition, and a Hall of Fame recipient in Percussion Arts Society.
(18998)Classical Music Signed Photograph