The American Gamelan Institute is the publisher of all gamelan works by the American composer Lou Harrison, who built gamelan instruments with his partner William Colvig.
For some 20 years he had been married to the prominent U.S. West Coast music patron Betty Freeman; composer Lou Harrison wrote for the two a "Serenade for Betty Freeman and Franco Assetto".
Among Liang's students was the American composer Lou Harrison (1917-2003), who became the first American to become a proficient guzheng performer, and also a composer of idiomatic music for the instrument.
George Harrison | Lou Reed | Benjamin Harrison | Harrison Ford | William Henry Harrison | Lou Gehrig | Lou Harrison | Lou Rawls | Harrison | Mary Lou Retton | Lou Grant | Harrison Birtwistle | Lou Holtz | John Harrison | Rex Harrison | Lou Donaldson | Harrison Gray Otis | Lou Piniella | Lou Grant (TV series) | Lou Diamond Phillips | Lou Costello | Lou Savarese | Lou Adler | Lou Barlow | William Harrison Rice | William Harrison Binnie | Walk on the Wild Side (Lou Reed song) | Michael Harrison | Lou Pearlman | Lou Ferrigno |
Geraldine Walther’s recordings include Paul Hindemith's Trauermusik and Der Schwanendreher with the San Francisco Symphony (both on London/Decca), Paul Chihara's Golden Slumbers with the San Francisco Chamber Singers (Albany), and Lou Harrison's Threnody (New Albion).
His academic work includes composition studies with Barney Childs at the University of Redlands and Lou Harrison, David Rosenboom, and Larry Polansky at Mills College.
These concerts were well reviewed by such critics as Lou Harrison, Virgil Thomson, and Olin Downes, and served to launch Hovhaness into the national spotlight.
For many years, Daniel worked with and promoted composers such as Henry Cowell, Lou Harrison, Alan Hovhaness, Colin McPhee, and Peggy Glanville-Hicks.