Birthdate: May 26, 1916
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Marysville,United States
Died: September 8, 1999
Moondog, also known as Louis Thomas Hardin, was an American composer, musician, performer, music theoretician, poet, and inventor of musical instruments. Despite being blind from the age of 16, he was largely self-taught as a composer and drew inspiration from jazz, classical, Native American, and Latin American music. His rhythmic and contrapuntal pieces influenced composers of minimal music, such as Steve Reich and Philip Glass. He lived in New York City from the late 1940s to 1972, composing, performing poetry, and selling records on Sixth Avenue.
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