There were periods when I sometimes made fires in a large, open fireplace that lasted about two weeks, which was how long it took to burn my compositions. So there has been an awful lot that I have destroyed.
-- Alan Hovhaness
   
Alan Hovhaness   Name:
Alan Hovhaness
Type:
Composer
Nationality:
American
Birth:
March 8, 1911
Death:
June 21, 2000
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