Mostly Americana / 20th-Century Songs and Arias

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Audio Samples

Album Summary

Performers

• Jennifer Poffenberger
• Lori Piitz (Piano)

Composers

• Ned Rorem (1923 - )
• Joaquín Turina (1882 - 1949)
• Gian Carlo Menotti (1911 - 2007)
• David Baker (Composer)
• Richard Hundley (1931 - )
• Mark Louis Lehman

Notes & Reviews:

Coloratura soprano Jennifer Poffenberger studied at Indiana University School of Music. She lives in Columbus, Indiana, where she teaches voice and is active in regional musical theater. She is joined on this recording of songs and arias by Canadian pianist Lori Piitz, also a graduate of Indiana University.

Notes & Reviews:

Recording information: Recital Hall, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN (1990-1992).

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Works Details

Menotti, Gian Carlo : The Medium :: Monica's Aria

• Performers: Jennifer Poffenberger; Lori Piitz (Piano)
• Running Time: 5 min. 47 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1945

Hundley, Richard : The Astronomers, an epitaph for voice & piano

• Performers: Jennifer Poffenberger; Lori Piitz (Piano)
• Running Time: 1 min. 47 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1959

Hundley, Richard : Isaac Greentree, an epitaph for voice & piano

• Performers: Lori Piitz (Piano); Jennifer Poffenberger
• Running Time: 1 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1960

Hundley, Richard : My Master Hath a Garden, for voice & piano

• Performers: Jennifer Poffenberger; Lori Piitz (Piano)
• Running Time: 1 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Vocal

Hundley, Richard : Birds, U.S.A., for voice & piano

• Performers: Lori Piitz (Piano); Jennifer Poffenberger
• Period Time: Contemporary

Hundley, Richard : Come Ready and See Me, for voice & piano

• Performers: Lori Piitz (Piano); Jennifer Poffenberger
• Running Time: 2 min. 23 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1971

Hundley, Richard : Sweet Suffolk Owl, for voice & piano

• Performers: Jennifer Poffenberger; Lori Piitz (Piano)
• Running Time: 1 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Hundley, Richard : I Do, for voice & piano

• Performers: Lori Piitz (Piano); Jennifer Poffenberger
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1974

Hundley, Richard : Bartholomew Green, for voice & piano

• Performers: Lori Piitz (Piano); Jennifer Poffenberger
• Running Time: 1 min. sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1978

Rorem, Ned : The Silver Swan, for voice & piano

• Performers: Jennifer Poffenberger; Lori Piitz (Piano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 42 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1949

Rorem, Ned : In a Gondola, song for voice & piano

• Performers: Jennifer Poffenberger; Lori Piitz (Piano)
• Running Time: 1 min. 44 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1953

Rorem, Ned : Six Songs for High Voice :: Song for a Girl

• Performers: Lori Piitz (Piano); Jennifer Poffenberger
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1953

Rorem, Ned : Pippa's Song, song for voice & piano

• Performers: Lori Piitz (Piano); Jennifer Poffenberger
• Running Time: 1 min. 39 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1953

Rorem, Ned : Alleluia

• Performers: Jennifer Poffenberger; Lori Piitz (Piano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 34 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1946

Baker, David : Song Cycle, for voice & piano

• Performers: Lori Piitz (Piano); Jennifer Poffenberger
• Running Time: 8 min. 10 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1969

Lehman, Mark L. : Pilgrim Songs (7), cycle for voice & piano

• Performers: Lori Piitz (Piano); Jennifer Poffenberger
• Running Time: 18 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1989

Joaquín Turina (1882 - 1949) : Poema en forma de canciones, for voice & piano (or orchestra), Op. 19

• Performers: Lori Piitz (Piano); Jennifer Poffenberger
• Notes: Composition written: 1923.
• Running Time: 10 min. 1 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1923