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{{short description|1925 string piano composition by Henry Cowell}}
{{short description|1925 string piano composition by Henry Cowell}}'''The Banshee''' (1925{{Audio||listen}}) is a [[string piano]] composition by [[Americans|American]] [[composer]] and [[music theorist]] [[Henry Cowell]] (1897–1965). It was the first [[piano]] piece composed to be performed entirely free of the keyboard, using only manual manipulation of the [[Piano string|strings]] within the instrument to produce sound.<ref name=":0">MARIA CIZMIC. "Embodied Experimentalism and Henry Cowell's The Banshee." ''American Music'' 28, no. 4 (2010): 436-58. doi:10.5406/americanmusic.28.4.0436.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Henry-Cowell|title=Henry Cowell {{!}} American composer|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en|access-date=2019-10-10}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2011/10/tricks-or-treats-henry-cowell-the-banshee/|title=Tricks or Treats: Henry Cowell - The Banshee|date=2011-10-09|website=Consequence of Sound|language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-10}}</ref>▼
[[File:Banshee.jpg|thumb|upright 1.5|The [[banshee]], a wailing spirit in [[Celtic paganism|Celtic mythology]], serves as the inspiration for the piece]]
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Cowell stated that his inspiration in creating the "
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== External links ==
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaIByDlFINk The Banshee] video of performance by Joan Cerveró and Víctor Trescolí
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