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Roy Harris

Top Songs By Roy Harris

Bring 'em DownRoy Harris

Listen to Old Billy Riley by Roy Harris, see lyrics, music video & more!

Old Billy RileyRoy Harris

Listen to The Press - Gang (feat. Alistair Anderson & Bobby Campbell) by Roy Harris, see lyrics, music video & more!

The Press - Gang (feat. Alistair Anderson & Bobby Campbell)Roy Harris

Listen to Thanks (feat. Roy Harris & Darren Hughes) by Central Baptist Church Choir, see lyrics, music video & more!

Thanks (feat. Roy Harris & Darren Hughes)Central Baptist Church Choir

Listen to Prelude and Fugue for String Orchestra by The Orchestra of the International String Congress, Roy Harris & Orchestra of the International String Congress, see lyrics, music video & more!

Prelude and Fugue for String OrchestraThe Orchestra of the International String Congress, Roy Harris & Orchestra of the International String Congress

Listen to Chorale for String Orchestra by The Orchestra of the International String Congress, Roy Harris & Orchestra of the International String Congress, see lyrics, music video & more!

Chorale for String OrchestraThe Orchestra of the International String Congress, Roy Harris & Orchestra of the International String Congress

Listen to Concerto For Amplified Piano, Brass, String Basses And Percussion: III. Third movement by Johana Harris, Roy Harris & Orchestra of the International String Congress, see lyrics, music video & more!

Concerto For Amplified Piano, Brass, String Basses And Percussion: III. Third movementJohana Harris, Roy Harris & Orchestra of the International String Congress

Listen to Concerto For Amplified Piano, Brass, String Basses And Percussion : II. Second Movement by Johana Harris, Roy Harris & Orchestra of the International String Congress, see lyrics, music video & more!

Concerto For Amplified Piano, Brass, String Basses And Percussion : II. Second MovementJohana Harris, Roy Harris & Orchestra of the International String Congress

Listen to Concerto For Amplified Piano, Brass, String Basses And Percussion: I. Homage to Debussy by Johana Harris, Roy Harris & Orchestra of the International String Congress, see lyrics, music video & more!

Concerto For Amplified Piano, Brass, String Basses And Percussion: I. Homage to DebussyJohana Harris, Roy Harris & Orchestra of the International String Congress

Listen to Concerto For Piano And Strings (Arr. Of Quintet For Piano And Strings): I. Passacaglia / Cadenza / Fugue by Johana Harris, Roy Harris & Orchestra of the International String Congress, see lyrics, music video & more!

Concerto For Piano And Strings (Arr. Of Quintet For Piano And Strings): I. Passacaglia / Cadenza / FugueJohana Harris, Roy Harris & Orchestra of the International String Congress

More albums from Roy Harris

Listen to Harris Conducts Harris by Orchestra of the International String Congress & Roy Harris

ALBUMHarris Conducts HarrisOrchestra of the International String Congress & Roy Harris

Listen to Utter Simplicity by Roy Harris

ALBUMUtter SimplicityRoy Harris

Listen to By Sandbank Fields by Roy Harris

ALBUMBy Sandbank FieldsRoy Harris

Listen to Hear Duppy Laugh by Allan Swymmer, Andrew Roblin, Melbourne the Drummer & Roy Harris

ALBUMHear Duppy LaughAllan Swymmer, Andrew Roblin, Melbourne the Drummer & Roy Harris

Listen to The Rambling Soldier by Roy Harris

ALBUMThe Rambling SoldierRoy Harris

Listen to The Bitter and the Sweet by Roy Harris

ALBUMThe Bitter and the SweetRoy Harris

Listen to Champions of Folly by Roy Harris

ALBUMChampions of FollyRoy Harris

About Roy Harris

Hometown

Chandler, OK, United States

Born

1898

Genre

Folk

Roy Harris (1898-1979) was an American composer who rose to prominence in the 1940s and became famous for his stirring Symphony No. 3. Harris embraced the populist style of Aaron Copland in the 1930s and undertook studies with Nadia Boulanger in Paris to smooth his rough edges. The combined influences resulted in music that alternated between a rugged, rural Americana flavor and the more refined colors and shadings of French orchestration. Harris never achieved another success to match the Third, but he continued to produce symphonies through the 1960s, and closed his career composing vocal, choral, and band music.