Howard Hanson

(1896–1981) Conductor United States

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Howard Hanson was a conductor from the United States, best known for Merry Mount.

Quick Facts About Howard Hanson

Born: October 28, 1896
Died: February 26, 1981
Nationality: United States
Profession: Conductor
Notable works: Merry Mount
Known for: Q1942981, Merry Mount, Concerto da Camera in C minor for piano and String Quartet

About Howard Hanson

Howard Harold Hanson was an American composer, conductor, educator and music theorist. As director for forty years of the Eastman School of Music, he raised its quality and provided opportunities for commissioning and performing American classical music. In 1944, he won a Pulitzer Prize for his Symphony No. 4, and received numerous other awards, including the George Foster Peabody Award for Outstanding Entertainment in Music in 1946.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Charles E. Lutton Man of Music Award Pulitzer Prize for Music Rome Prize Laurel Leaf Award

Quotes by Howard Hanson

Music can be soothing or invigorating ennobling or vulgarizing, philosophical or orgiastic. It has powers of evil as well as for good.

Howard Hanson

Evil

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