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These included the Rhythmicon, commissioned by the American composer and theorist Henry Cowell.
* 1897 – Henry Cowell, American composer and impresario ( d. 1965 )
In the same period the American composer Henry Cowell, in referring to the projects of Nikolai Loptatnikoff, believed that " there was a wide field open for the composition of music for phonographic discs.
In 1930 – 32, the spectacularly innovative and hard to use Rhythmicon was realized by Leon Theremin at the request of Henry Cowell, who wanted an instrument with which to play compositions whose multiple rhythmic patterns, based on the overtone series, were far too hard to perform on existing keyboard instruments.
Composers such as Henry Cowell wrote music which asks for the player to reach inside the piano and pluck the strings directly, or to " bow " them with bow hair wrapped around the strings, or play them by rolling the bell of a brass instrument such as a trombone on the array of strings.
By the middle decades of the 20th century, composers like Henry Cowell, Earle Brown, David Tudor, La Monte Young, Jackson Mac Low, Morton Feldman, Sylvano Bussotti, Karlheinz Stockhausen, and George Crumb, re-introduced improvisation to classical music, with compositions that allowed or even required musicians to improvise.
He credited Henry Cowell and, to a lesser extent, Erik Satie, for contributing to the idea, but it is unclear if Cage was aware of many other precedents described below.
In the 1920s, American composer Henry Cowell coined the term string piano " to describe direct manipulation of piano strings, such as by plucking them with fingers or stroking them with a brush.
* Cowell, Henry.
Through Cage, he met sculptor Richard Lippold ( who had a studio next door ) and artists Sonia Sekula, Robert Rauschenberg, and others, and composers such as Henry Cowell, Virgil Thomson, and George Antheil.
The Tides of Manaunaun is a short piano piece by American composer Henry Cowell ( 1897 – 1965 ).
Liner notes to Henry Cowell: Piano Music ( Smithsonian Folkways 40801 ).
* Cowell, Henry ( 1993 ).
" Track 20 of Henry Cowell: Piano Music ( Smithsonian Folkways 40801 ).
Henry Cowell, Bohemian.
" Henry Cowell, John Varian, and Halcyon.
The Music of Henry Cowell: A Descriptive Catalogue.
* American Piano Concertos: Henry Cowell ( col legno 20064 )— performed by Stefan Litwin ( also includes orchestrated version performed by Radio Symphony Orchestra Saarbrücken, Michael Stern – director, Stefan Litwin – piano )
: George Antheil, Henry Cowell, Leo Ornstein ( hatHUT 6144 )— performed by Steffen Schleiermacher
* Henry Cowell: Piano Music ( Smithsonian Folkways 40801 )— performed by Henry Cowell
* New Music: Piano Compositions by Henry Cowell ( New Albion 103 )— performed by Sorrel Hays
* Art of the States: Henry Cowell performances of six works by the composer, including The Tides of Manaunaun

Henry and adopted
Rather than focusing on punitive expeditions favoured by his father, the young Prince Henry adopted a strategy of economic blockade.
Stephen announced the Treaty of Winchester in Winchester Cathedral: he recognised Henry FitzEmpress as his adopted son and successor, in return for Henry doing homage to him ; Stephen promised to listen to Henry's advice, but retained all his royal powers ; Stephen's remaining son, William, would do homage to Henry and renounce his claim to the throne, in exchange for promises of the security of his lands ; key royal castles would be held on Henry's behalf by guarantors whilst Stephen would have access to Henry's castles ; and the numerous foreign mercenaries would be demobilised and sent home.
They may introduce the practice of France, Spain, and Germany ...." Ultimately, Henry and Mason prevailed, and the Eighth Amendment was adopted.
The final shrapnel shell design, adopted in the 1880s, bore little similarity to Henry Shrapnel's original design other than its spherical bullets and time fuze.
According to Gerbert of Aurillac, Henry II adopted a Byzantine-style joint-kingship.
< p > It was during these New Orleans days that I adopted my pen name of O. Henry.
Gen. Henry Martyn Robert, containing rules of order intended to be adopted as a parliamentary authority for use by a deliberative assembly.
The East Anglian flag as it is known today was invented by George Henry Langham and adopted by the London Society of East Anglians.
In 1925 the majority ( at the time ) Republicans also adopted this language when Charles Curtis became the first ( official ) Majority Leader, although his immediate predecessor Henry Cabot Lodge is considered the first ( unofficial ) Majority Leader.
" Tudor Court Rules " were described as " A version of the game formerly adopted by Henry VIII and played by Shakespeare.
In 1646, Thomas Francis was put in command of the French expedition sent south to take the Tuscan forts, after which he was to advance further south to Naples, drive out the Spanish and put himself on the throne of the kingdom ; but the expedition set off late, and when he besieged Orbetello, the supporting French fleet was defeated by the Spanish and he was forced to raise the siege and conduct a difficult retreat, which he performed so poorly that Cardinal Mazarin subsequently despised his command ability, viewed him as incompetent, and declined to appoint him to the expedition that France sent to support the Naples revolt late in 1647 ( this did not stop Mazarin from considering him as a potential candidate for a French-backed King of Naples, though Paris was so slow to move on this that Henry II, Duke of Guise was adopted by the Neapolitans instead ).
In 1646, Thomas was put in command of the French expedition sent south to take the Tuscan forts, after which he was to advance further south to Naples, drive out the Spanish and put himself on the throne of the kingdom ; but the expedition set off late, and when he besieged Orbetello, the supporting French fleet was defeated by the Spanish and he was forced to raise the siege and conduct a difficult retreat, which he performed so poorly that Cardinal Mazarin subsequently despised his command ability, viewed him as incompetent, and declined to appoint him to the expedition that France sent to support the Naples revolt late in 1647 ( this did not stop Mazarin from considering him as a potential candidate for a French-backed King of Naples, though Paris was so slow to move on this that Henry II, Duke of Guise was adopted by the Neapolitans instead ).
In June 1170, the fifteen-year-old Henry was crowned king during his father's lifetime, something originally practised by the French Capetian dynasty and adopted by the English kings Stephen and Henry II.
Stephen announced the Treaty of Winchester in Winchester Cathedral: he recognised Henry FitzEmpress as his adopted son and successor, in return for Henry doing homage to him ; Stephen promised to listen to Henry's advice, but retained all his royal powers ; Stephen's remaining son, William, would do homage to Henry and renounce his claim to the throne, in exchange for promises of the security of his lands ; key royal castles would be held on Henry's behalf by guarantors whilst Stephen would have access to Henry's castles ; and the numerous foreign mercenaries would be demobilised and sent home.
At the conclusion of the story arc, Henry officially adopted Punky.
According to an historic marker at the courthouse, a resolution was introduced by Richard Henry Lee and adopted at a meeting there on June 22, 1774, providing aid to Boston, Massachusetts, following a blockade of that beleaguered port city by Great Britain.
Henry Thrale adopted its use and it was later popularized by John Richardson in 1784.
Earlier, King Henry II ( 1154 – 1189 ) had adopted the jury as a means of resolving land disputes and then more generally.
In Scotland the style was avidly adopted by William Henry Playfair, Thomas Hamilton and Charles Robert Cockerell, who severally and jointly contributed to the massive expansion of Edinburgh's New Town, including the Calton Hill development and the Moray Estate.

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