Refugee, The
| Full title | The Refugee for voice (soprano or tenor) and piano | |
| Date composed | 1939 | |
| Details |
Composed early 1939. Text by Mary Hoxie Jones. Dedication: To the Friends Service Committee. |
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| Manuscript sources | NYPL JOB 73-115, holograph score. See also NYPL JPB 78-21, photocopy of holograph score (1 folded folio); and NYPL JPB 99-7 no. 48, photocopy of copyist's score (2 folded folios). | |
| Publication details | Not published in composer's lifetime. Today publisher of record is ACA. | |
| Availabiity | Score available from ACA and KWF. | |
| Recordings | ||
Performances (click
icon to expand or collapse list)| 21 March 1947 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Old Philadelphia Custom House, American Friends Service Committee Benefit Concert for Work in Germany: Alice Howland, soprano; Karl Weigl, piano. Also on program: Schubert, Esterhazy Phantasie; and songs by Schubert, Schumann, and Brahms. |
| 2 September 1987 | Detroit, Michigan, Wayne State University, Community Arts Auditorium, The Karl Weigl Festival, concert 2: Violin Sonata No. 1 (Elwyn Adams and Doris Richards), and The Refugee and other songs (Elsie Inselman and Doris Richards). Also on program: songs by Wolf and Berg. |
| 22 February 2014 | London, Royal College of Music, Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall, Singing a Song in a Foreign Land festival: The Refugee performed by Rose Setten, soprano, and Claire Harris, piano; and The Watchman’s Report performed by Julien van Mellaerts, baritone, Claire Harris, piano, and the Royal College of Music Chamber Choir, cond. Stephen Johns. Also on the program: Robert Kahn, Trio in G minor op. 45; Joseph Horovitz, String Quartet No. 5; Hans Gál, Britische Volkslieder; Ernst Toch, Valse for chorus and percussion; and Hanns Eisler, Little Woodbury Songbook (see http://www.rcm.ac.uk/singingasong/stringquartet). |
