Jiménez has been an important musician in the conjunto and norteño genres, both as a solo performer and with the Texas Tornados, whose music fuses traditional Mexican styles with American rock and country. On this day in 1939, Flaco Jiménez was born. Henry Cowell: Mosaic offers a sampling of his chamber music it's available for streaming at Hoopla. Cowell wrote for unusual instruments (an adagio for cello and thunder stick, for instance), experimented with complex rhythms, and was among the first composers to introduce chance elements to his music. In the mid-1920s, he wrote piano music that called for the pianist to reach into the piano, plucking and strumming the strings directly. For forty years, Cowell was one of America's most radically experimental composers, devising techniques and ideas that would continue to affect music for decades. On this day in 1897, Henry Cowell was born. Whether it’s streamable and downloadable music and film, e-books and e-audio, or physical books and DVDs, we hope you’ll find something to enjoy as you pick up a few bits of history each day. In the mood for a good movie? Some toe-tapping music? A thrilling book? ON THIS DAY will lead you to new possibilities every day, tied to interesting moments from history and popular culture.
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