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With “New Love Must Rise,” Delos’ second volume of delightful art songs by Margaret Ruthven Lang, we seek to re-establish this worthy Boston composer’s long-forgotten reputation as the most significant American woman composer of her day. Historically important as the first American female composer to have her music performed by leading American orchestras, she never published (and later destroyed) those works, and stopped composing altogether in mid-life. But her published works – primarily her body of 130 art songs – reveal the rare skill and striking appeal of her art.
Her songs’ exceptional melodic invention and beauty, coupled with imaginative and sophisticated piano support, are superbly realized by tenor Donald George and pianist Lucy Mauro – who are on an ardent personal mission to revive interest in her music and restore Lang to her rightful niche in the Pantheon of American musical history. With these two volumes of songs now on CD (future recordings of her choral and piano compositions are planned), the musical public can begin to hear for themselves why Lang’s wonderful music is ripe for rediscovery.
Margaret Ruthven Lang: On an April Apple Bough
On an April Apple Bough
Margaret Ruthven Lang: Before My Lady's Window, Op. 19, No. 4
Before My Lady's Window, Op. 19, No. 4
Margaret Ruthven Lang: In the Greenwood, Op. 19, No. 2
In the Greenwood, Op. 19, No. 2
Margaret Ruthven Lang: In a Garden
In a Garden
Margaret Ruthven Lang: The Bird, Op. 40, No. 3
The Bird, Op. 40, No. 3
Margaret Ruthven Lang: Nameless Pain
Nameless Pain
Margaret Ruthven Lang: Northward, Op. 37, No. 6
Northward, Op. 37, No. 6
Margaret Ruthven Lang: My Garden, Op. 28, No. 3
My Garden, Op. 28, No. 3
Margaret Ruthven Lang: I Knew the Flowers Had Dreamed of You
I Knew the Flowers Had Dreamed of You
Margaret Ruthven Lang: Song in the Songless, Op. 38, No. 4
Song in the Songless, Op. 38, No. 4
Margaret Ruthven Lang: In the Twilight
In the Twilight
Margaret Ruthven Lang: An Even Psalm, Op. 46, No. 1
An Even Psalm, Op. 46, No. 1
Margaret Ruthven Lang: The Harbor of Dreams, Op. 7, No. 3
The Harbor of Dreams, Op. 7, No. 3
Margaret Ruthven Lang: In the Night, Op. 39, No. 3
In the Night, Op. 39, No. 3
Margaret Ruthven Lang: More Nonsense Rhymes and Pictures, Op. 43
No. 1. There was an old man of Dumbree
No. 3. There was a young lady in blue
No. 9. There was a young lady of Parma
No. 7. The was an old person of Jodd
No. 8. There was a young lady in white
No. 6. There was a young lady whose eyes
Margaret Ruthven Lang: To-Morrow, Op. 39, No. 7
To-Morrow, Op. 39, No. 7
Margaret Ruthven Lang: Lydia, Op. 32, No. 2
Lydia, Op. 32, No. 2
Margaret Ruthven Lang: A Thought, Op. 37, No. 1
A Thought, Op. 37, No. 1
Margaret Ruthven Lang: Lied der Nebenbuhlerin
Lied der Nebenbuhlerin
Margaret Ruthven Lang: Lament , Op. 6, No. 3
Lament, Op. 6, No. 3
Margaret Ruthven Lang: An Irish Mother's Lullaby, Op. 34
An Irish Mother's Lullaby, Op. 34
Margaret Ruthven Lang: Night, Op. 7, No. 1
Night, Op. 7, No. 1
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On an April Apple Bough