Aucourant Records upcoming release - the major piano music of Dane Rudhyar, played by Ron Squibbs. Dane Rudhyar (1895-1985) was a founding member of the ultramoderns, a
group of American composers who rose to prominence in the 1920s. Other
important ultramoderns included Henry Cowell (1897-1965), Ruth Crawford
Seeger (1901-1953), Carl Ruggles (1876-1971) and Edgard Varse
(1883-1965). Rudhyar, Cowell, and Varse were early members of the American Composers Alliance, and Rudhyar scores are currently in print at ACA. Each of these composers wrote in a highly individual style,
giving expression to a vision for American music that was open to both
European and non-European influences.