Composer: NANCY VAN de VATE

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The American/Austrian composer Nancy Van de Vate has now composed more than 130 works in virtually all forms. Born in New Jersey, the composer now lives permanently in Austria and holds dual citizenships. Her music is performed all over the world, she has received many commissions and awards and many of her works have been recorded. She founded the International League of Women Composers in 1975. With 26 orchestral and orchestral-choral works recorded to date, Van de Vate is one of the most recorded living composers of orchestral music in the world.
This series devoted to her chamber works continues to appear on ClassiQuest for request. the previous volumes have seen a very healthy increase in media interest and positive feedback!
The chamber works on this recording span a period of over thirty years, from the Early Songs of 1960 & 1962 on poems/texts by Heine, Brentano, Rilke and ancient Chinese and Greek authors to the 1996 Night Journey.
The Night in the Royal Ontario Museum is a theater piece set to a text by Canadian author, Margaret Atwood. The Songs for the Four Parts of the Night are set to texst of Owl Woman, a Papago Indian medicine woman from the American Southwest.