| Description |
3 audio discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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1.4 m/s |
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stereo |
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digital recording |
| Note |
Vocal and instrumental music by twentieth-century women composers. |
| Performer |
Various performers. |
| Note |
Compact discs. |
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"For the convenience of listeners wishing to consult the scores published in the book Contemporary anthology of music by women, page numbers are given for each selection on these disks"--Container notes. |
| Contents |
Fantasy on "O sacred head" / Emma Lou Diemer (Emma Lou Diemer, organ) -- Three poems by Osip Mandelstam. What has caused my heart to feel songful / Elena Firsova (Mary Katherine Kelton, soprano ; Anna Briscoe, piano) -- Blow flute : answer echoes in antique lands dying / Jennifer Fowler (Laura Chislett, solo flute) -- Garten von Freuden und Traurigkeiten / Sofia Gubaidulina (Laura Gilbert, flute ; Mary Hammann, viola ; Barbara Allen, harp) -- Tagebuch : für Violine und Klavier. Teil II, Die Linien. Movements I and II / Barbara Heller (Tailleferre Duo) -- Hängebrücken : Streichquartett an Schubert : excerpt / Adriana Hölszky (Nomos Quartet, Pellegrini Quartet) -- Plupart du temps II / Betsy Jolas (Les Nouveaux Interprètes) -- Millefoglie : excerpt / Barbara Kolb (Nouvel Ensemble Moderne ; Lorraine Vaillancourt, cond.) -- To hear the wind roar : excerpt / Joan La Barbara (I Cantori ; Edward Cansino, dir.) -- How it thrills us / Libby Larsen (Butler University Chorale ; Henry Leck, dir.) -- Tangram / Hope Lee (Vivienne Spiteri, harpsichord ; Lori Freeman, bass clarinet) -- The old woman of Beare : conclusion / Nicola LeFanu (Ensemble Lontano ; Odaline de la Martinez, cond.) -- Momentum / Tania León (Nanette Kaplan Solomon, piano) -- Music from night's edge. Ritual on a moonlit plain / Alexina Louie -- Standing in the gap for you / Babbie Mason -- Hejira / Joni Mitchell -- Atlas : an opera in three acts. Airport : excerpt / Meredith Monk -- Mother to son / Undine Smith Moore (Butler University Chorale, Henry Leck, dir.) -- Songstream. Lethe / Alice Parker (Butler University Chorale, Henry Leck, dir.) -- Coat of many colors / Dolly Parton -- Concerto for marimba and orchestra. Thorn trees : movement III, tema con 7 variazioni / Marta Ptaszyńska (Krakow Radio Symphony ; Szymon Kawalla, cond.) -- The L and N don't stop here anymore / Jean Ritchie -- The secret garden. Come to my garden / Lucy Simon and Marsha Norman (Rebecca Luker ; Joel E. Chaiken) -- Hymn of promise / Natalie Sleeth (Butler University Chorale, Henry Leck, dir) -- A distant dream / Grace Wiley Smith (Loretta Contino, flute ; Anna Briscoe, piano) -- Night fields : for string quartet / Joan Tower (Muir String Quartet) -- Chernobyl / Nancy Van de Vate (Polish Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra of Krakow ; Szymon Kawalla, cond.) -- The consolations of scholarship : excerpts / Judith Weir (Linda Hirst, mezzo-soprano ; Ensemble Lontano ; Odaline de la Martinez, cond.) -- The journey of Matuku Moana : beginning excerpt / Gillian Whitehead (Georg Pedersen, cello) -- Mary Lou's Mass. Our Father / Mary Lou Williams -- Parable : a tale of Abram and Isaac : excerpt / Judith Lang Zaimont (Florilegium Chamber Choir ; JoAnn Rice, cond.). |
| Summary |
Contains vocal and instrumental music composed by women during the 20th century. |
| Subject |
Music by women composers -- 20th century.
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Music by women composers. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Music -- 20th century.
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Music. |
| Genre/Form |
Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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| Added Author |
Briscoe, James R., 1949-
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| ISBN |
0253335477 |
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9780253335470 |
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