One of the truly great eccentrics of the twentieth century, Louis T. Hardin (1916-1999), who became blind at the age of seventeen, spent most of his life impersonating the Norse god Odin as a busker on the streets of New York City. He retired to Germany in 1974. Hardin gave himself his nickname in honor of a pet dog that liked to howl at the moon.
His compositional style was decidedly atavistic, holding to very strict canons in preference to fugues, and yet was an acknoweldged formative influence on Philip Glass's minimalism. His first recordings were released on 78s; the present recording was probably his last, made by Gema in Germany. It includes harpsichord works that sound very Baroque, organ works that remind one of Reger, and works for string quartet that might be a bit Hindemithy.
Moondog, 1978
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