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esm-rochester-edu-638		History of the Howard Hanson Institute for American Music – The Howard Hanson Institute for American Music - Eastman School of Music			.html	text/html	978	66	58	When Howard Hanson retired in 1964 after serving 40 years as the director of the Eastman School of Music, his service to the University of Rochester was extended as the director of a newly created Institute of American Music. The purpose of the Institute, which was established as a University entity outside of the administrative structure of the School, was to continue Dr. Hanson's tradition for promoting the understanding and appreciation of American music through performance, publication, and recording. Howard Hanson (1896-1981) was a composer, conductor, musical statesman, educator, and for 40 years (1924-1964), director of the Eastman School of Music. In 1925, in a daring move for those years, he initiated the American Composers Concerts, during which works by our own writers were performed, many for the first time, by professional musicians from the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, assisted by the School's artist faculty and advanced students.	./cache/esm-rochester-edu-638.html	./txt/esm-rochester-edu-638.txt