Cowell: Piano works

As a self-taught teenage pianist, Henry Cowell experimented with his instrument, striking the keys with his fists and forearms, or strumming and scratching the strings

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AMERICAN ULTRAMODERNISTS

This collection embraces some of the most craggy, uncompromising, and frankly charmless American piano music from the 20th century’s first half, played with concentrated authority

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THE UNCOVERED RUGGLES

The craggy, neo-Romantic style of Carl Ruggles (1876-1971) is often mentioned alongside that of his close friend and contemporary Charles Ives. In contrast to Ives’

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