Alan Hovhaness

Alan Hovhaness (March 8, 1911 – June 21, 2000) was an American composer of Armenian and Scottish descent.

Significant compositions

• Symphony no. 2 Mysterious Mountain, op. 132 (1955)
• Symphony no. 4, op. 165 (1957)
• Symphony no. 5 Nanga Parvat, op. 178 (1959)
• Symphony no. 9 St. Vartan, op. 180 (1949-50)
• Symphony no. 15 Silver Pilgrimage, op. 199 (1963)
• Symphony no. 22 City of Light, op. 236 (1970)
• Symphony no. 24 Letters in the sand, op. 273 (1973)
• Symphony no. 50 Mount St. Helens, op. 360 (1982)
• Fra Angelico, op. 220 (1967)
• And God created great whales, op. 229 (1970)