Today, May 29, 2022, marks the 50th Anniversary of the death of composer Margaret Ruthven Lang (1867-1972). Margaret Ruthven Lang is probably one the most important women in American music but is much less well known today than her contemporaries like Amy Marcy Beach. Delos has been thrilled to have released four recordings of her…
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American Record Guide critic, Philip Greenfield has a new review for All the Heart of Me: The Choral Music of Margaret Ruthven Lang: “Sometimes a good story can make the music oh-so-much-more interesting. … Some of the Lang catalog has been reassembled—27 choral works survive—so we are treated here to a healthy sampling of what’s…
All the Heart of Me: The Choral Music of Margaret Ruthven Lang gets a strong feature in Opera News: “Various ensembles and soloists from the Crane School of Music, State University of New York, Potsdam make a strong case for Lang’s sacred and secular choral music, particularly the hymnlike “In Praesepio” and “The Star of…
The newest release of music by Margaret Ruthven Lang, All the Heart of Me: The Choral Music of Margaret Ruthven Lang gets a rave review from Amazon.com customer “Guiraud.” “This album gives us insight into the music of American composer Margaret Lang (1867-1972) who unfortunately destroyed most of her music leaving only these works. The…
All The Heart of Me The Choirs, Soloists and Orchestra of The Crane School of Music The Choral Music of Margaret Ruthven Lang “… (her music) is so sincere, so true to the underlying thought, that it seems to me to have an unusual chance of interesting attention and stirring emotions increasingly with the years.”…
Now Available for Download and Streaming! All the Heart of Me The Choral Music of Margaret Ruthven Lang “… (her music) is so sincere, so true to the underlying thought, that it seems to me to have an unusual chance of interesting attention and stirring emotions increasingly with the years.” —Rupert Hughes in Contemporary American…
MusicWeb International calls Lucy Mauro’s new release From The Unforgetting Skies: The Piano Music of Margaret Ruthven Lang, “inspired” in this new review: “At first glance Lang’s piano works seems to have a lot in common with those of MacDowell. They are mostly short evocations of nature or of various emotions. However, Lang’s works possess…
Naxos has released it’s December “Critics Choice” list, and we’re happy to see Lucy Mauro’s new Margaret Ruthven Lang recording on the list! “Mauro is a polished advocate, with delightful interpretations communicating the richness and variety of [Lang’s] piano works.rdquo; —American Record Guide Congratulations to Lucy Mauro! Purchase the Album from Delos and Save! See…
Download the scores from Lucy Mauro’s latest release From the Unforgetting Skies: The Piano Music of Margaret Ruthven Lang: The Spirit of the Old House: Elegy for Piano, Op. 58 Revery, Op. 31 Starlight (1894) Rhapsody in E Minor, Op. 21 Petit Roman Pour Le Piano En Six Chapters, Op. 18 Three Pieces for Young…
Recent Delos release, From the Unforgetting Skies: The Piano Music of Margaret Ruthven Lang, has been getting some warranted attention lately. Composer Steven Kennedy’s Cinemusical blog gives Lucy Mauro’s latest recording 4/4 stars in a wonderful review, and WXXI radio has a fantastic interview with Lucy about the recording! Stream the interview courtesy of wxxi.org:
Laugh With Classical Music receives high marks from MusicWeb International Critic Ian Lace calls Laugh With Classical Music “A Tonic” “A short but very sweet and genial programme this; and guaranteed to bring a smile to a face jaded, perhaps, by too much solemn music. “Shostakovich’s naughtiness delights through his Golden Age Polka; one can…
Until recently, perhaps Lang’s greatest single distinction in American musical history is that she is the first American female composer to have her early orchestral music performed by major American orchestras. Those works, however, were never published and are now believed to be lost – thus we must evaluate Lang in terms of her published…
North Country Public Radio features Donald George talking about New Love Must Rise: Selected Songs of Margaret Ruthven Lang, Vol. II
New Love Must Rise Selected songs of Margaret Ruthven Lang (1867-1972) Volume II “Personally, I see in Miss Lang’s compositions such a depth of psychology that I place the general quality of her work above that of any other woman composer…” —Rupert Hughes in Contemporary American Composers, 1900 The Garden: On an April Apple Bough…
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