And God Created Great Whales, Op. 229, No. 1, is a symphonic poem for orchestra and recorded whale sounds by the American composer Alan Hovhaness. The...
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and orchestra [3222 4331, timpani, 4 percussion, harp, strings]) (undated; 1969 per Kunze) Op. 229, No. 1: And God Created Great Whales (taped whale sounds...
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Biomusic (section Whale song in music)
biomusic is And God Created Great Whales, a piece written in 1970 by American composer Alan Hovhaness. This work for orchestra and whale songs brings...
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the Book of Genesis and other biblical texts, created kinds are purported to be the original forms of life as they were created by God. They are also referred...
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raising awareness of the intelligence and culture of whales, the album helped spawn a worldwide "Save The Whales" movement, leading to the 1972 United...
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and orch), Op. 227 1969 – Shambala, Concerto for violin, sitar, and orchestra, Op. 228 1970 – And God Created Great Whales (taped whale songs and orchestra)...
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orchestral composition And God Created Great Whales (1970) includes the recorded sounds of humpback and bowhead whales. Recorded whale songs also appear in...
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recordings of animals in their scores, including Alan Hovhaness's And God Created Great Whales (1970), Einojuhani Rautavaara's Cantus Arcticus (1972), Gabriel...
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Orca (redirect from Orca Whales)
System. Retrieved March 9, 2011. "Facts about orcas (killer whales)". Whales.org. Whale & Dolphin Conservation USA. Archived from the original on February...
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The Creation (Haydn) (category Cultural depictions of Adam and Eve)
not yet melancholy. No. 16. Und Gott schuf große Walfische (And God created great whales.) For bass solo, in D minor. While labeled a recitative in the...
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Teo Macero (section Composer and arranger)
contemporary pieces such as And God Created Great Whales by Alan Hovhaness, which required him to overlay recordings of humpbacked whale songs on to the orchestral...
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Symphony No. 2 , "Mysterious Mountain" / Prayer of St. Gregory / And God Created Great Whales, performed by the Seattle Symphony, Gerard Schwarz (dir.) – Delos...
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List of water deities (redirect from Sea god and river god)
of the Northern Sea. Ebisu, god of fortunes and fishery, often being referred to marine megafaunas such as whales and whale sharks (hence being also called...
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1970, Columbia 30037 Sunset, 1970, Columbia Masterworks 30075 And God Created Great Whales (Hovhaness), 1971, Columbia 30390 Love Story, 1971, Columbia...
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composed And God Created Great Whales, the score for which contains excerpts from Payne's recordings In 1977 Roger Payne's recordings of humpback whales were...
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Mountain Dance Fantasy on Japanese Wood Prints And God Created Great Whales (orchestra with humpbacked whale songs) Vishnu Symphony (Symphony No.19) Majnun...
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sperm whales can reach a length of 90 ft (27 m) (larger than any officially recorded sperm whale) and that Moby Dick is possibly the largest sperm whale that...
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Animals in the Bible (category Lists of animals in mythology and religion)
the weasel proper, the polecat and ichneumon, all very common in the Holy Land. Whale — "And God created great whales..." (Genesis 1:21 A.V.) Hebrew Tânnîn...
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Leviathan (redirect from Great Leviathan)
as "great whales" in the King James Version), in Job, and in the Psalm do not describe them as harmful but as ocean creatures who are part of God's creation...
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Caleb Wertenbaker (section Early life and education)
from the Past | Village Voice Cendrillon | Westword NY Review: 'And God Created Great Whales' | Backstage Platonov, or The Disinherited | The Kitchen | Plays...
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year of death, nationality, notable works, and remarks. It includes only composers of significant fame and importance. The style of the composer's music...
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Moby-Dick (redirect from Moby Dick; or, The Whale)
the boat and was killed by the whale. Ishmael digresses on pictures of whales, brit (microscopic sea creatures on which whales feed), squid and—after four...
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recognition of achievements in theatre across collective Broadway, off-Broadway and off-off-Broadway productions in New York City. The category was first presented...
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Lousadzak (The Coming of Light), Op. 48, is a 1944 concerto for piano and string orchestra by the American-Armenian composer Alan Hovhaness. The work...
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CBC/Radio-Canada. Archived from the original on 2016-12-22. Retrieved 2016-12-23. "The Great Wild Indoors". CBC/Radio-Canada. Archived from the original on 2016-12-17...
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Jonah (redirect from Jonah and the Whale)
the Bible, and is generally regarded as having come off looking like a "buffoon". The largest of all whales – blue whales – are baleen whales which eat...
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the centennial of Birmingham, Alabama and was completed in 1970. The work has been recorded multiple times and remains one of Hovhaness's more popular...
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The Guitar Concerto No. 2, Op. 394, is a concerto for classical guitar and string orchestra by the American composer Alan Hovhaness. The work was commissioned...
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Enescu and the musical model of Liszt in the way in draws on tradition and folk songs. Hovhaness used a variety of techniques in his work to create this...
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Animal worship (section Whale)
some lore, whales have been told to work for Ryūgū-jō as well. Indigenous Ainu tribes on Hokkaido revered killer whales as Repun Kamuy, "God of Sea/Offshore"...
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