Margaret Ruthven Lang

Margaret Ruthven Lang

Margaret Ruthven Lang (November 27, 1867 – May 29, 1972) was an American composer, affiliated with the Second New England School. Lang was also one of the first two women composers (along with Amy Beach) to have compositions performed by American symphony orchestras: Lang's Dramatic Overture, by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, 1893; Beach's Grand Mass in E-flat, 1892, by the Handel and Haydn Society; and Beach's Gaelic Symphony, 1896, by the Boston Symphony..

Birth and Death Data: Born November 27, 1867 (Boston), Died May 29, 1972 (Boston)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1907 - 1924

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, lyricist

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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Victor	B-4924	10-in.	11/12/1907	Irish love song	Percy Hemus ; Victor Orchestra	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-6473	10-in.	9/28/1908	Irish love song	Ernestine Schumann-Heink	Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-10402	10-in.	5/16/1911	Irish love song, op. 22	Daniel Beddoe	Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-12976	10-in.	3/8/1913	Irish love song	Alma Gluck ; Efrem Zimbalist	Soprano vocal solo, with piano and violin obbligato	composer
Victor	B-26597	10-in.	7/12/1922	I have a dream	Millicent Steacy	Female vocal solo, with piano	composer
Victor	B-28410	10-in.	7/24/1923	Irish love song, op. 22	Richard Crooks	Tenor vocal solo, with harp and orchestra	composer
Victor	[Trial 1915-04-23-01]	Not documented	4/23/1915	Irish love song	Belle Blanche	Female vocal solo	composer
Victor	[Trial 1916-10-28-02]	Not documented	10/28/1916	Irish love song, op. 22	Anna L. Johnson	Female vocal solo	composer
Columbia	19890	10-in.	5/18/1912	Irish love song	Mary Garden	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Columbia	38349	10-in.	10/17/1912	Irish love song	Carolina White	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	46825	10-in.	6/13/1916	Irish love song	Grace Kerns	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	47391	10-in.	2/27/1917	Irish love song	Adkins Morton	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Columbia	79244	10-in.	6/7/1920	An Irish love song	Grace Wagner	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	79924	10-in.	7/1/1921	Irish love song	Cyrena Van Gordon	Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	81858	10-in.	7/2/1924	Irish love song	María Luisa Escobar	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Columbia	36717	12-in.	5/10/1913	Irish love song	Carolina White	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Columbia	37427	12-in.	10/14/1915	Irish love song	Mackenzie Gordon	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
OKeh	[OK cat 1049-b]	10-in.	approximately June 1918	Irish love song	Inez Barbour	Female vocal solo	composer
Brunswick	7192	10-in.	approximately Mar. 1922	Irish love song	Elizabeth Lennox	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Edison	1368	10-in.	Dec. 1912	An Irish love song	Bettina Freeman	Mezzo-soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Edison	2905	10-in.	between 3/24/1914 and 3/25/1914	Irish love song	Emory B. Randolph	Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Edison	6380	10-in.	between 9/23/1918 and 9/25/1918	Irish love song, op. 22	Gertrude Hull	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Lang, Margaret Ruthven," accessed November 5, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/116354.

Lang, Margaret Ruthven. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 5, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/116354.

"Lang, Margaret Ruthven." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 5 November 2024.

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