What neighborhood did this Henry Cowell live in? Thanks.
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---> -----Original Message-----
---> From: Phil James [mailto:sparklingbeatnik@msn.com]
---> Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 11:52 AM
---> To: shakuhachi@communication.ucsd.edu
---> Subject: Henry Cowell piece
--->
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---> "This 1940 compostition marks the dawn of Western music
---> for shakuhachi. The story goes that a man named K. Tamada ran
---> a roadside
---> fruit stand in Cowell's neighborhood, and Cowell was delighted
---> to learn that
---> Tamada played shakuhachi. He began studying the instrument
---> himself, hence
---> his surprisingly idiomatic style in "The Universal Flute," which is
---> dedicated to Tamada. Cowell also organized concerts by local Japanese
---> American performers, many of whom would undoubtedly be
---> interred due to the
---> racist US policy of the ensuing war years. Just days before
---> Pearl Harbor
---> Cowell recorded Tamada playing shakuhachi -- the tape is
---> available in a
---> special Cowell collection at the New York Public Library."
--->
---> I would also like to take this opportunity to announce that my
---> own new solo
---> shak CD, First Places, is out as of today. It's mainly
---> original compositions
---> plus two traditional honkyoku. You can check it out at
---> http://www.sparklingbeatnik.com
--->
---> Best wishes,
---> Phil.
--->
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