Howard Hanson

Howard Harold Hanson (October 28, 1896 – February 26, 1981) was an American composer, conductor, educator and music theorist. As director for forty years of the Eastman School of Music, he raised its quality and provided opportunities for commissioning and performing American classical music. In 1944, he won a Pulitzer Prize for his Symphony No. 4, and received numerous other awards, including the George Foster Peabody Award for Outstanding Entertainment in Music in 1946.

Rogers: Fantasy-Variations on a Theme of Youth - The Bright Land - Leaves from the Tale of Pinocchio (Recorded 1956) - 2013-08-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Hanson: Symphony No. 1, 'Nordic' - The Lament for Beowulf - 2011-09-06T00:00:00.000000Z

Howard Hanson conducts American Masterworks - 2004-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Music for Quiet Listening, Vol. 2 - 1997-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Music of Howard Hanson, Vol. 1 - 1992-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

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