Composer
Roy Harris
American composer (1898-1979)
1898–1979
5 works and musical collections
- Born
- 1898
- Died
- 1979
- Birthplace
- Lincoln County
- Place of death
- Santa Monica
- Citizenship / historical state
- United States
- Period (estimated from birth year)
- Modern
Biography
Roy Harris — American composer (1898-1979). Roy Harris was born in 1898 in Lincoln County. The recorded year of death is 1979; place of death: Santa Monica. The biographical record lists citizenship or historical state as United States.
Life and musical career
- Occupations
- composer; music educator
- Education
- University of California, Berkeley
- Teachers
- Nadia Boulanger
- Career institutions / employers
- University of California, Los Angeles; California State University
- Recorded memberships
- American Academy of Arts and Letters
- Genres
- symphony
- Notable works
- Folk Song Symphony
- Awards
- Guggenheim Fellowship
- Languages used
- English
- VIAF ID
- 19865546
- ISNI
- 0000000080991668
- GND ID
- 119322455
- Library of Congress ID
- n80144669
- MusicBrainz ID
- b68c2855-4a58-4f48-a0ad-337ba74589ed
Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.
In this catalogue
- Common listed instruments
- Baritone, Orchestra, Trumpet
- Genres represented
- Classical
- Source entries with composition dates
- 0
These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.
Catalogue
Sheet music catalogue
Instruments describe listed editions, including arrangements. Composition dates and keys appear where recorded; collection pages show their individual contents.
| Title | Work details | Listed instruments | Sheet music |
|---|---|---|---|
| Give Me The Splendid Silent Sun | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Horn Of Plenty | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Piano Sonata Op.1 |
| See edition details | View sheet music |
| Symphony No.3 | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Symphony no. 3 | See work details |
| View sheet music |
Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. This short biography is assembled from the recorded facts. Authority record: VIAF 19865546. Portrait: Christina Lynn-Craig, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.