Women's Voices
Five Centuries of Song

Songs by women composers: CD with Neva Pilgrim, soprano; Edward Smith, harpsichord; Steven Heyman, piano. Leonarda Catalog #LE338. Total Time 58:15.

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  SONGS BY WOMEN COMPOSERS AUDIO SAMPLES
SONG COLLECTION TITLES
  
  Anne Boleyn (1507-1536) (England)
O Death rock me asleepe (attributed) (4:24)
   
  Caterina Assandra (c.1580-aft.1622) (Italy)
Jubilate Deo (2:00) (1609)
mp3 (:16)  
  Francesca Caccini (1587-bef.1640) (Italy)
Maria dolce Maria (2:25) (1618)
mp3 (:28)  
  Barbara Strozzi (1620-1664 or later) (Italy)
Amor dormiglione (2:12) (1657)
Chiamata a nuovi amori (1:46) (Bissari)
Spesso per entro al petto (2:43) (Cocognini)
Amor mp3  (:16)  
  Anna Amalia, Duchess of Saxe-Weimar
(1739-1807) (Germany)
Ihr solltet geniessen (2:03) (1776) (Goethe)
from the Singspiel "Erwin und Elmire"  
  Maria Theresia von Paradis (1759-1824) (Austria)
Das Gartner liedchen aus dem Siegwart (2:22) (J. M. Miller)
    
  Josephine Lang (1815-1880) (Germany)
Frühzeitiger Frühling (1:47) (1830) (Goethe)
 mp3 (:35)  
  Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel (1805-1847) (Germany) Frühling (1:35) (Eichendorff) mp3 (:29)  
  Clara Wieck Schumann (1819-1896) (Germany)
Liebst du um Schönheit (1:58) (Rückert)		    
  Pauline Viardot-Garcia (1821-1910) (Spain, France)
Der Gärtner  (1:24) (Mörike)		    
  Agathe Backer-Grøndahl (1847-1907) (Norway)
Mot kveld (1:38) (Jynge)		 mp3 (:23)  
  Lili Boulanger (1893-1918) (France)
Si tout ceci n'est qu'un pauvre rêve (1:43) (F. Jammes)		 from "Clairières dans le Ciel," revised by Nadia Boulanger  
  Poldowski (Irene Wieniawska Paul) (1880-1932) Belgium/England) Berceuse d'Amorique  (Lullabye of Brittany) (2:36) (Le Braz)    
  Germaine Tailleferre  (1894-1983) (France)
Mon mari m'a diffamée (1:31)

mp3 (:21)
from "Six Chansons Française"

 
  Cécile Chaminade (1857-1944) (France)
Plaintes d'Amour (1:46) (Adenis)		 mp3 (:25)  
  Alma Mahler (1879-1964) (Austria/USA)
Laue Sommernacht (1:52) (Falke)
Bei dir ist es traut (1:34) (Rilke)
Ich wandle unter Blumen (:57) (Heine)		 "Fünf Lieder"
(These are songs #3-5)		  
  Margaret Bonds (1913-1972) (USA)
Minstrel Man (1:45) (Langston Hughes)

mp3 (:31) from "Three Dream Portraits"

 
  Rebecca Clarke (1886-1979) (England/USA)
Infant Joy (1:13) (Blake)		 mp3 (:22)  
  Miriam Gideon (1906-1996) (USA)
Rogez (1:17) (Yalen-Stekelis)

mp3 (:24) from "Ayelet Hashakhar" (Morning Star)

 
  Jean Eichelberger Ivey (b.1923) (USA)
I would live in your love (1:14) (Teasdale)

mp3 (:23) from "Woman's Love"

 
  Marion Bauer (1887-1955) (USA)
I Love the Night (1:55) (John Gould Fletcher)

mp3 (:24) (poem from "Violet Symphony, Goblins and Pagodas")

  
  Judith Lang Zaimont (b.1945) (USA)
Let it be forgotten (1:48) (1975) (Teasdale)

mp3 (:19) from "Greyed Sonnets"

 
  Ann Silsbee (193-20030) (USA)
Iris (1:18) (1983) (William Carlos Williams)

mp3 (:30) from "Four Songs"

 
  Gwyneth Walker (b.1947) (USA)
maggie and millie and mollie and may (1:09) (1979) (E. E. Cummings) 		mp3 (:14) from "though love be a day"  
  Libby Larsen (b.1950) (USA)
When I am an old woman (2:36) (1990) (Jenny Joseph)		 mp3 (:21)  
  Elizabeth Vercoe (b.1941) (USA)
Andromeda Rag (2:16) (1981) (Mary Barnard)
 mp3 (:38)  
 

 

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Performance: "Neva Pilgrim, artist-in-residence at Colgate University, is an outstanding recitalist, and this compact disc affords ample evidence of her talent in a wide spectrum of songs ranging from the 16th to the 20th centuries ... Excellent accompaniment is provided by harpsichordist Edward Smith in the earlier music and pianist Stephen Heyman in the later selections." Bill Rice, Sunday Gazette (Schenectady, New York).  CD and Repertoire: "It's great to hear so much of this neglected repertoire recorded in mostly excellent performances. Starting with a song attributed to Anne Boleyn while she awaited execution, we travel across five centuries all the way to Libby Larsen and some of her contemporaries, many of them still alive today. I found it fascinating...I enjoyed the entire disc." Reynolds, American Record Guide.


Recording: Recording and post production by Marnie Hall. Recorded in the Chapel at Colgate University, 1994. DDD. Support: This recording is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency. Additional funding was provided by Colgate University. Music Publishers: When requesting music, ask for the title of the collection, not the individual piece, when applicable.Mahler: Universal Edition, distributed in the USA by European Music Distributors. Bonds: We will update information. Gideon, Zaimont, Silsbee: American Composers Alliance. Vercoe: Arsis Press, distributed by Colla Voce of Indianapolis, Indiana. Ivey: Galaxy Music at E.C. Schirmer www.ecspublishing.com. Walker, Larsen: E.C. Schirmer www.ecspublishing.com. Lang: Da Capo Press. Tailleferre: We will update information. For other music, check a library or music store database. Cover Photo: Cover Photo "Lizard's Point, Cornwall, England" and Graphic Design: Marnie Hall © Leonarda Productions, Inc., 1996. All rights reserved. Made in the U.S.A.

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