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Louise Spizizen

Louise Fleur Meyers Schlesinger Spizizen was an American composer, critic, harpsichordist/pianist, and singer. She is best remembered today for her research and controversial claim that pianist Johana Harris actually composed music that was published under the name of her husband, Roy Harris.

Articles/Lectures
Johana and Roy Harris: Marrying a Real Composer (Musical Quarterly, Vol 77 No 4 1993) • Johana and Roy Harris: Whose Music is it, Anyhow? (1996 College Music Society Conference) • The Composer of Area Code 714 (Applause: San Diego Magazine of the Arts, Sep-Oct 1978) == Works ==
Works
Ballet Birthday of the Infanta (harpsichord, chamber orchestra and piano) Harpsichord • realizations of works by Heinrich Biber, Johan Friedrich Fasch, Jean-Marie Leclair, and Pietro Locatelli • teaching pieces Theatre • six scores for Invisible Theatre productions • Sweep It Clean (musical comedy) Vocal Sacred Service for Reformed Jewish Congregation (women’s voices and organ) • Three Games for Ten Players (string quintet and chorus) • Three Rounds for Mothers (a cappella chorus) • Weary with Toil (a cappella chorus) == References ==
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