Research Catalog

Title

Women at an exposition [sound recording] : music composed by women and performed at the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago.

Publication

Westbury, NY : Koch International Classics, p1991.

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Additional Authors

• Mentzer, Susanne.
• Langton, Sunny Joy.
• Skorodin, Elaine.
• Schmidt, Kimberly.
• Beach, Amy, 1867-1944.
• Chaminade, Cécile, 1857-1944.
• Vannah, Kate, 1855-1933.
• Arne, Thomas Augustine, 1710-1778.
• White, Maude Valerie.
• Lehmann, Liza, 1862-1918.
• Rogers, Clara Kathleen, 1844-1931.
• Wood, Mary Knight, 1857-1944.
• Schumann, Clara, 1819-1896.
• World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)

Description

1 sound disc : digital; 4 3/4 in.

Subjects

• Songs (High voice) with piano
• Songs (Medium voice) with piano
• Music by women composers
• Vocal duets with piano
• Piano music
• Violin and piano music

Note

• The 1st work is a vocal duet; the 2nd, 3rd, 5th-8th, 10th, 12th, 13th, 15th-17th works are songs; the 4th and 14th works for violin and piano; the 9th and 11th works for piano.
• Program notes by Ann Feldman and biographical notes on the performers ([20] p. : ports.) inserted in container.

Event (note)

• Recorded Nov. 1991.

Contents

Singing joyfully / Mrs. H.H.A. Beach (1:41) -- Rosemonde / Cécile Chaminade (2:50) -- Good bye, sweet day / Kate Vannah (2:10) -- Romance (6:17) ; Sweetheart, sigh no more (3:06) / Mrs. H.H.A. Beach -- Polly Willis / Dr. Arne ; arr. Liza Lehmann (3:12) -- The throstle / Maude Valerie White (3:08) -- Titania's cradle / Liza Lehmann (3:33) -- Chanson brétonne / Cécile Chaminade (2:20) -- Ah, love but a day / Clara Kathleen Rogers (2:01) -- In autumn / Mrs. H.H.A. Beach (2:26) -- Ashes of roses / Mary Knight Wood (2:02) -- Out of my own great woe (2:18) ; Sonata for violin, op. 25 (21:35) / Clara Kathleen Rogers -- L'été / Cécile Chaminade (4:07) -- Liebst du um Schönheit / Clara Schumann (2:24) -- Ici bas / Maude Valerie White (2:59).

Call Number

*LDC 8357 (F)

OCLC

29289099

Title

Women at an exposition [sound recording] : music composed by women and performed at the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago.

Imprint

Westbury, NY : Koch International Classics, p1991.

Performer

Susanne Mentzer, mezzo-soprano ; Sunny Joy Langton, soprano ; Elaine Skorodin, violin ; Kimberly Schmidt, piano.

Event

Recorded Nov. 1991.

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Added Author

Mentzer, Susanne. voc

Langton, Sunny Joy. voc

Skorodin, Elaine. Instrumentalist

Schmidt, Kimberly. Instrumentalist

Beach, Amy, 1867-1944. Singing joyfully.

Chaminade, Cécile, 1857-1944. Rosemonde.

Vannah, Kate, 1855-1933. Good bye, sweet day.

Beach, Amy, 1867-1944. Romance, violin, piano, op. 23.

Beach, Amy, 1867-1944. Songs, op. 14. Sweetheart, sigh no more.

Arne, Thomas Augustine, 1710-1778. Polly Willis; arranged.

White, Maude Valerie. Throstle.

Lehmann, Liza, 1862-1918. Titania's cradle.

Chaminade, Cécile, 1857-1944. Romances sans paroles. Chanson bretonne.

Rogers, Clara Kathleen, 1844-1931. Browning songs, op. 27. Ah, love but a day.

Beach, Amy, 1867-1944. Sketches. In autumn.

Wood, Mary Knight, 1857-1944. Ashes of roses.

Rogers, Clara Kathleen, 1844-1931. Browning songs, op. 27. Out of my own great woe.

Rogers, Clara Kathleen, 1844-1931. Sonata dramatico.

Chaminade, Cécile, 1857-1944. Eté.

Schumann, Clara, 1819-1896. Gedichte aus Rückerts Liebesfrühling. Liebst du um Schönheit.

White, Maude Valerie. Ici bas.

World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)

Publisher No.

3-7240-2H1 Koch International Classics

Research Call Number

*LDC 8357 (F) Program notes on file.