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Howe: Songs and Duets / Maina, Dibbern, Leach
Toccata

Howe: Songs and Duets / Maina, Dibbern, Leach

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Details

Composer
Mary Howe
Artist
Courtney Maina, Christopher A. Leach, Mary Dibbern
Format
CD
Label
Toccata
Released
Feb 18, 2022
Catalog #
TOCC0634
UPC
5060113446343

About

The name of Mary Howe (1882–1964) seems to have vanished from the history books. But she was an important voice in American music in the first half of the twentieth century, as an activist and organizer and, especially, as a composer. This pioneering album of her songs shows her late-Romantic style open to influences from Debussy, Mahler, Richard Strauss and other contemporaries: she was, she said, ‘alert for new sensations, like a Puritan on a holiday’. Mary Howe was born in Richmond, Virginia in 1882. Her early musical training included studies in Germany with Richard Burmeister, a pupil of Liszt. She studied at the Peabody Conservatory of Music where she met Anne Hull with whom she formed a duo piano team that toured in recital from 1920-1935. In 1922, Howe became one of the few women at Peabody to have earned a diploma in composition at that time. With her three children, she appeared with the 4 Howes singing madrigals and early music. In 1930 she raised the money to found the Washington-based National Symphony Orchestra. Together with Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, she also founded the Chamber Music Society of Washington. In 1925 or 1926 she worked with Amy Beach to organize the Association of American Women Composers. A short period of coaching with Nadia Boulanger in Paris is 1933 marked the end of her formal training. Her diverse catalogue of compositions comprises more than two hundred titles, including works for orchestra, chamber ensembles, chorus, piano, and art songs for solo voice.

Tracklist 22 tracks

  1. 1 The Horseman 01:25
    Track
    1
    Title
    The Horseman
    Duration
    01:25
    Composer
    Mary Howe
    Performer
    Courtney Maina, Christopher A. Leach, Mary Dibbern
  2. 2 Berceuse cosaque 03:52
    Track
    2
    Title
    Berceuse cosaque
    Duration
    03:52
    Composer
    Mary Howe
    Performer
    Courtney Maina, Mary Dibbern
  3. 3 Chanson souvenir 02:41
    Track
    3
    Title
    Chanson souvenir
    Duration
    02:41
    Composer
    Mary Howe
    Performer
    Christopher A. Leach, Mary Dibbern
  4. 4 Reach 03:02
    Track
    4
    Title
    Reach
    Duration
    03:02
    Composer
    Mary Howe
    Performer
    Courtney Maina, Mary Dibbern
  5. 5 Der Einsame 02:48
    Track
    5
    Title
    Der Einsame
    Duration
    02:48
    Composer
    Mary Howe
    Performer
    Christopher A. Leach, Mary Dibbern
  6. 6 Liebeslied 03:50
    Track
    6
    Title
    Liebeslied
    Duration
    03:50
    Composer
    Mary Howe
    Performer
    Christopher A. Leach, Mary Dibbern
  7. 7 Schlaflied 03:10
    Track
    7
    Title
    Schlaflied
    Duration
    03:10
    Composer
    Mary Howe
    Performer
    Christopher A. Leach, Mary Dibbern
  8. 8 Herbsstag 03:29
    Track
    8
    Title
    Herbsstag
    Duration
    03:29
    Composer
    Mary Howe
    Performer
    Christopher A. Leach, Mary Dibbern
  9. 9 The Ragpicker 01:18
    Track
    9
    Title
    The Ragpicker
    Duration
    01:18
    Composer
    Mary Howe
    Performer
    Christopher A. Leach, Mary Dibbern
  10. 10 Chanson de Coulennes 06:14
    Track
    10
    Title
    Chanson de Coulennes
    Duration
    06:14
    Composer
    Mary Howe
    Performer
    Courtney Maina, Christopher A. Leach, Mary Dibbern
  11. 11 Now goes the light 03:39
    Track
    11
    Title
    Now goes the light
    Duration
    03:39
    Composer
    Mary Howe
    Performer
    Courtney Maina, Mary Dibbern
  12. 12 Am Flusse 02:47
    Track
    12
    Title
    Am Flusse
    Duration
    02:47
    Composer
    Mary Howe
    Performer
    Courtney Maina, Mary Dibbern
  13. 13 Die Götter 02:56
    Track
    13
    Title
    Die Götter
    Duration
    02:56
    Composer
    Mary Howe
    Performer
    Courtney Maina, Mary Dibbern
  14. 14 L'amant des roses 04:26
    Track
    14
    Title
    L'amant des roses
    Duration
    04:26
    Composer
    Mary Howe
    Performer
    Christopher A. Leach, Mary Dibbern
  15. 15 Nicht mit Engeln 04:22
    Track
    15
    Title
    Nicht mit Engeln
    Duration
    04:22
    Composer
    Mary Howe
    Performer
    Courtney Maina, Mary Dibbern
  16. 16 Mein Herz 03:12
    Track
    16
    Title
    Mein Herz
    Duration
    03:12
    Composer
    Mary Howe
    Performer
    Courtney Maina, Mary Dibbern
  17. 17 Lullaby for a Forester's Child 03:46
    Track
    17
    Title
    Lullaby for a Forester's Child
    Duration
    03:46
    Composer
    Mary Howe
    Performer
    Christopher A. Leach, Mary Dibbern
  18. 18 Rêve 05:37
    Track
    18
    Title
    Rêve
    Duration
    05:37
    Composer
    Mary Howe
    Performer
    Christopher A. Leach, Mary Dibbern
  19. 19 Spring Come Not Too Soon 02:08
    Track
    19
    Title
    Spring Come Not Too Soon
    Duration
    02:08
    Composer
    Mary Howe
    Performer
    Courtney Maina, Mary Dibbern
  20. 20 Horses 01:26
    Track
    20
    Title
    Horses
    Duration
    01:26
    Composer
    Mary Howe
    Performer
    Courtney Maina, Mary Dibbern
  21. 21 Little Fiddler's Green 01:20
    Track
    21
    Title
    Little Fiddler's Green
    Duration
    01:20
    Composer
    Mary Howe
    Performer
    Christopher A. Leach, Mary Dibbern
  22. 22 Music When Soft Voices Die 01:53
    Track
    22
    Title
    Music When Soft Voices Die
    Duration
    01:53
    Composer
    Mary Howe
    Performer
    Courtney Maina, Christopher A. Leach, Mary Dibbern