Songs by Women, Song Cycles

Songs by Women

Song cycles for soprano and piano by Joyce Hope Suskind, Ruth Schonthal, Elisenda Fabregas and Elizabeth Austin. Susan Gonzalez, soprano; Marcia Eckert, piano. Leonarda CD #LE352. Duration 68:10.

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	Songs by Women	Audio Samples
	Joyce Hope Suskind (b.1928) Six Songs to Poetry of Yeats (22:29) (1997) 1. Those Dancing Days Are Gone 2. The Song of Wandering Aengus 3. The Wild Swans at Coole 4. After Long Silence 5. Mad as the Mist and Snow 6. The Lake Isle of Innisfree	3. mp3 5. mp3 6. mp3
	Ruth Schonthal (1924-2006) Frühe Lieder (Early Songs) (21:09) (1940-44) (Rilke) 7. Meine frühverliehnen Lieder 8. Arme Heilige 9. Ihr Mädchen seid wie die Kähne 10. Erste Rosen 11. Liebes-Lied: Wie soll ich meine Seele halten 12. Weisse Seelen 13. Noch ahnst du nichts vom Herbst des Haines 14. Ich will ein Garten sein	8. mp3 9. mp3 13. mp3
	Elisenda Fábregas (b.1955) Five Songs for Soprano and Piano (16:08) (1986) (Lorca) 15. El Silencio 16. La Mano Imposible 17. La Luna Negra 18. Las Seis Cuerdas 19. Clamor	17. mp3 19. mp3
	Elizabeth R. Austin (b.1938) A Birthday Bouquet (8:24) (1990) 20. for your birthday (E. E. Cummings) 21. A Birthday (C. Rossetti) 22. Remember (C. Rossetti) 23. He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven (Yeats)	21. mp3 22. mp3

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Production: Recording and some editing by Joe Patrych, Bronx, New York. Final editing and mastering by Marnie Hall. DDD. Graphic Design: Marnie Hall. Cover PaintingWasserschlangen (Sea Serpent) by Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) used by permission of Öesterreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna. Support: This recording is made possible by The New York State Council on the Arts, a state Agency. Additional funding was provided by the The Research Foundation of the City University of New York and individual contributions.

Rights: Copyright © 2002, Leonarda Productions, Inc. All rights reserved. Performing Rights: Schonthal, ASCAP; others, BMI. Music Publishers: Suskind: Casia Music Publishing, distributed by Theodore Presser. Schonthal and Fábregas: Southern Music Company: Art Songs by American Women Composers, a series edited by Ruth Friedberg. Austin: American Composers Alliance.

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