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Alan Hovhaness Quotes

1911–2000 Armenia

Alan Hovhaness (March 8, 1911 – June 21, 2000) was an America composer of Armenian and Scottish ancestry.

Armenia
Composers
Musicians
Pianists

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The greater the emotional intensity, the greater the simplicity.

My purpose is to create music not for snobs, but for all people, music which is beautiful and healing. To attempt what old Chinese painters called 'spirit resonance' in melody and sound.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Alan Hovhaness (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.