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Incorrect image at top right of article.

I do not know the identity of the individual shown as the main image illustrating this article but is is most certainly NOT Henry Cowell (the person is a woman, for a start)! Please could this image be removed and one of the many publically available correct images of Cowell be used as a replacement? Thank you.

01:37, 23 November 2019‎ User:OxfordBass

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Contribution: Education/ Early Career

Hello,

I would like to contribute to this article by adding Information regarding Henry Cowells Education and Early Carrer. I noticed that some individuals are not mentioned that helped him in the early stages of his life and career. I have provided the academic resource below I would be referencing. Let me know your thoughts.

CowellPiano.com-Biography, https://minds.wisconsin.edu/bitstream/handle/1793/32316/Bio.html. Accessed 7 April 2023.

https://minds.wisconsin.edu/bitstream/handle/1793/32316/Bio.html Micheale3722 (talk) 04:51, 8 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Speculation

There's considerable unreferenced speculation in this article about Cowell becoming more "conservative" in composition after his prison experience because of personal trauma, accompanied with subjective implication that this later style of his music is somehow inferior to or less interesting than his pre-prison music. Aaron Copland didn't think so.

If there are no objections, I'll rewrite the article only to improve NPOV. Pascalulu88 (talk) 01:12, 15 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]