William Colvig
William (Bill) Colvig (1917–2000) was an electrician and amateur musician who was the partner for 33 years of composer Lou Harrison, whom he met in San Francisco, California in 1967. Colvig helped construct the so-called "American gamelan" used in works such as the puppet opera Young Caeser [sic] (1971),[1] La Koro Sutro (1972),[2] and the Suite for Violin and American Gamelan (1974).
Films
- 1986 - Lou Harrison : "cherish, conserve, consider, create." Directed by Eric Marin.
- 1995 - Musical Outsiders: An American Legacy - Harry Partch, Lou Harrison, and Terry Riley. Directed by Michael Blackwood.
See also
Ingolf Dahl
Notes
- ^ Campbell, "Hail Caesar! Harrison Opera's Epic Quest"
- ^ Gardner, "Lou Harrison: La Koro Sutro"
Sources
- Brett Campbell, "Hail Caesar! Harrison Opera's Epic Quest", accessed July 7, 2010
- Maria Cizmic, "Composing the Pacific", accessed July 7, 2010
- Patrick Gardner, "Lou Harrison: La Koro Sutro", Providence Singers, accessed July 7, 2010
- Anthony Linick, The Lives of Ingolf Dahl (Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse, 2008)
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