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Harris, Roy 1898 - 1979

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  • Author: Saitoh, Noriko

  • Last updated:August 1, 2008
  • Note: This article is automatically translated from the original Japanese text. The author of the original work did not supervise this translation.

    American composer. His representative works include the overture Johnny Comes Marching (1934) and Symphony No. 3 (1937). Works that include piano in their instrumentation are the Piano Concerto and the Piano Quintet (1936). He received his musical education after serving in World War I. After studying with Arthur Farwell in California, he went to Paris to study with Boulanger. He also received a Guggenheim Fellowship. His Piano Concerto, premiered in Paris, was well-received.

    After returning to the United States, he dedicated himself to teaching composition at Westminster Choir College, Princeton University, Cornell University, and the University of Colorado.

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    Works(10)

    Concerto (1)

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    Piano concerto with band

    Composed in: 1942 

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    Piano concerto No.2

    Composed in: 1953 

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    Fantasy

    Composed in: 1954 

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    Piano Solo (5)

    sonata (1)

    Piano sonata Op.1

    Composed in: 1928 

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    ballade (1)

    American ballad

    Composed in: 1946 

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    suite (2)

    Little suite

    Composed in: 1938 

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    Piano Suite

    Composed in: 1942 

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    Toccata

    Composed in: 1949 

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    Various works (1)

    American creed

    Composed in: 1940 

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