Moondog
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| - | '''Moondog''', the ''nom de plume'' of '''Louis T. Hardin''' ([[May 26]], [[1916]] – [[September 8]], [[1999]]), was an American composer, musician and poet, who also invented musical instruments - all this despite being blind, and, for three decades, homeless. | + | |
| + | '''Louis Thomas Hardin''' (May 26, 1916 – September 8, 1999), also known as '''Moondog''', was an American musician, composer, theoretician, poet and inventor of several musical instruments. He was blind from the age of 16. | ||
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| + | Hardin lived in [[New York City]] from the late 1940s until 1972, and during this time he could often be found on 6th Avenue, between 52nd and 55th Streets, wearing a cloak and a [[horned helmet]] sometimes [[busking]] or selling music, but often just standing silently on the sidewalk. He was widely recognized as "the Viking of 6th Avenue" by thousands of passersby and residents who were not aware of his musical career. | ||
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| * Moondog, nickname of disc jockey [[Alan Freed]] | * Moondog, nickname of disc jockey [[Alan Freed]] | ||
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Louis Thomas Hardin (May 26, 1916 – September 8, 1999), also known as Moondog, was an American musician, composer, theoretician, poet and inventor of several musical instruments. He was blind from the age of 16.
Hardin lived in New York City from the late 1940s until 1972, and during this time he could often be found on 6th Avenue, between 52nd and 55th Streets, wearing a cloak and a horned helmet sometimes busking or selling music, but often just standing silently on the sidewalk. He was widely recognized as "the Viking of 6th Avenue" by thousands of passersby and residents who were not aware of his musical career.
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Music
- Moondog, nickname of disc jockey Alan Freed
- Moondog Coronation Ball, a 1952 concert by Alan Freed
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