Celebrating the birthday of American composer Howard Hanson, born in October 1896, with excerpts from two orchestra works frequently performed by students at contest and festival! "Rhythmic Variations on Two Ancient Hymns" (AS62) was commissioned by ASTA @astastrings and performed at the 1976 Music Educators National Conference. The first movement of "Symphony No. 2" (Romantic) was used in the 1979 film, Alien. This edition for string orchestra and harp (AS66) has put Hanson's lush, sweeping sco