Eleanor Hovda

Eleanor Hovda

Eleanor Hovda (born 1940) is a composer from the United States of America.

She has been recorded by the ensemble Relâche, and has released two albums on OO Discs, "Coastal Traces" and "Ariadne Music". She currently resides in Arkansas.

Eleanor Hovda has written a piece using a Xhosa style of throat singing.

External links

* [http://artofthestates.org/cgi-bin/composer.pl?comp=89 Art of the States: Eleanor Hovda]


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