Jen (Janice) De Gaetani ( born Jan (Janice) DeGaetani ; July 10, 1933 , Massillon , Ohio - September 15, 1989 , Rochester , New York ) - American singer ( mezzo-soprano ), teacher.
Life and work
She graduated from the Juilliard School under the direction of Sergius Kagen . A brilliant performer of new and newest music from the songs of Schubert , Schumann , Mussorgsky , Mahler and Hugo Wolf to Schoenberg (“Moon Pierrot”), Hindemith , George Krum (“Longtime Children's Voices”), Aaron Copland (“12 Poems by Emily Dickinson ”), Charles Ives , Eliott Carter . She also performed medieval and renaissance music. She performed with the largest orchestras in the USA and Europe. She taught vocals, among her students - Dawn Upshaw , Rene Fleming and others. Died of leukemia .
Legacy
- Pierrot Lunaire by Schoenberg ( 1971 )
- Songs by Stephen Foster, with Leslie Guinn ( 1972 )
- Las Cantigas de Santa Maria - Songs and Instrumental Music from the Court of Alfonso X, with the Waverly Consort, Michael Jaffee, dir. ( 1972 )
- Songs from the Spanisches Liederbuch by Hugo Wolf ( 1974 )
- Songs by Schubert / The Book of the Hanging Gardens, Op. 15 by Schoenberg ( 1975 )
- Ancient Voices of Children by George Crumb ( 1975 )
- Songs by Stephen Foster, Volume II with Leslie Guinn ( 1976 )
- Classic Cole songs by Cole Porter, with Leo Smit, piano ( 1977 )
- Chansons Madécasses by Ravel ( 1978 )
- Songs by Sergei Rachmaninoff & Ernest Chausson (1980)
- Duets & Four Songs from Op. 98a by Robert Schumann, with Leslie Guinn ( 1983 )
- Apparition by George Crumb / Songs by Charles Ives ( 1983 )
- Songs by Brahms ( 1983 )
- Moore's Irish Melodies ( 1984 )
- The Nursery Cycle by Mussorgsky / Songs by Tchaikovsky ( 1985 )
- Lullabies and Night Songs by Alec Wilder ( 1985 )
- Songs of America on Home, Love, Nature, and Death - various composers ( 1988 )
- Les Nuits d'été by Berlioz with Five Wunderhorn Songs & Five Rückert Songs by Mahler ( 1989 )
- Jan DeGaetani in Concert, Volume One: La Chanson d'Eve by Gabriel Fauré / Dark upon the Harp by Jacob Druckman ( 1991 )
- Jan DeGaetani in Concert, Volume Two: Frauenliebe und -leben by Schumann / Zigeunerlieder and other songs by Brahms ( 1991 )
- Aaron Copland 81st Birthday Concert at the Library of Congress with Leo Smit ( 1993 )
- Jan DeGaetani in Concert, Volume Three: Shostakovich, Welcher, Kurtág ( 1995 )
- Jan DeGaetani in Concert, Volume Four: Early Music Recital by various composers ( 1999 )