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Henry Cowell wrote the piano piece The Snows of Fuji-Yama, HC 395, in 1924.

The piece was from Cowell's tone cluster phase and was his first expedition into the foray of Asian-inspired music, using black-key clusters to emphasize a pentatonic scale in F♯ major. He first performed the piece at a concert in the Los Angeles Millennium Biltmore Hotel on November 20, 1926.

See also

• List of solo piano compositions by Henry Cowell

Notes

1. Often is misspelled as "The Snows of Fujiyama".

References

Citations

1. Sachs (2012), p. 146
2. The New York Times, November 14, 1926

Sources

• Sachs, Joel (2012). Henry Cowell: A Man Made of Music. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-510895-8

External links

• "The Snows of Fuji-Yama", HC 395: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
• Animated score on YouTube

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Piano works	Dynamic Motion (1916) The Tides of Manaunaun (1917) Fabric (1920) Six Ings (1922) Aeolian Harp (1923) The Snows of Fuji-Yama (1924) The Banshee (1925) Two Pieces (1928) Sinister Resonance (1930) Rhythmicana (1938)
Concertante	Piano Concerto (1928) Percussion Concerto (1958) Harmonica Concerto (1962)
Orchestral	Variations for Orchestra (1956) Symphony No. 13 "Madras" (1958)
Books	New Musical Resources (1930)
Family	Harry Cowell (father) Clarissa Dixon (mother) Sidney Robertson Cowell (wife)
Pupils	Burt Bacharach John Cage George Gershwin Lou Harrison Ruth Crawford J. H. Kwabena Nketia Irwin Swack ...more...
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