William (Bill) Colvig (March 13, 1917 – March 1, 2000) was an
electrician and amateur musician who was the partner for 33 years of composer
Lou Harrison, whom he met in San Francisco in 1967. Colvig helped construct the
American gamelan used in works such as the
puppet
A puppet is an object, often resembling a human, animal or Legendary creature, mythical figure, that is animated or manipulated by a person called a puppeteer. The puppeteer uses movements of their hands, arms, or control devices such as rods ...
opera ''Young Caeser''
ic(1971), ''La Koro Sutro'' (1972),
[Gardner, "Lou Harrison: ''La Koro Sutro''"] and the ''Suite for Violin and American Gamelan'' (1974).
Films
*1986 – ''Lou Harrison: "cherish, conserve, consider, create."'' Directed by Eric Marin.
*1995 – ''Musical Outsiders: An American Legacy – Harry Partch, Lou Harrison, and Terry Riley''. Directed by Michael Blackwood.
Personal life
Colvig lived for many years with
Lou Harrison in
Aptos, California
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. He and Harrison purchased land in
Joshua Tree, California, where they designed and built the Harrison House Retreat, a
straw bale house.
See also
*
Ingolf Dahl
Ingolf Dahl (June 9, 1912 – August 6, 1970) was a German-born American composer, pianist, conductor, and educator.
Biography
Dahl was born Walter Ingolf Marcus in Hamburg, Germany, to a German Jewish father, attorney Paul Marcus, and his Swed ...
*
West Coast School
Notes
Sources
*Brett Campbell
"Hail Caesar! Harrison Opera's Epic Quest" accessed July 7, 2010
*Maria Cizmic
accessed July 7, 2010
*Patrick Gardner
"Lou Harrison: ''La Koro Sutro''" Providence Singers, accessed July 7, 2010
*Anthony Linick, ''The Lives of Ingolf Dahl'' (Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse, 2008)
External links
''
John Luther Adams Remembers William Colvig''
Article about William Colvig
1917 births
2000 deaths
Colvig William
American musical instrument makers
Contemporary classical music performers
American LGBT musicians
20th-century classical musicians
20th-century American musicians
20th-century American male musicians
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