Ingolf Dahl: A Cycle of Sonnets/3 Songs to Poems of Albert Ehrismann

Ingolf Dahl was a German-born, naturalized American composer, who was well-connected throughout the entire entertainment industry as well as in classical music. His art songs are marked by intricate rhythms and atonal vocal lines that bring the texts to life.

Purchase information:
A Cycle of Sonnets - not available for purchase, but is available through Inter-Library Loan. The OCLC number is 12263419.
Three Songs to Poems of Albert Ehrismann is available at Sheet Music Plus.

Recordings featured in this episode, performed by Gracyn Blu Louis, mezzo-soprano, Sarah Austin, mezzo-soprano, and Ellen Rissinger, pianist:
  • Sonnet I Solo e pensoso
  • Sonnet II Benedetto sia 'l giorno
  • I. Of him who died on the moor
  • III. The ships have come to the harbor
Recorded at the Carnegie Mellon School of Music Recording Studio in Pittsburgh, PA.

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Ingolf Dahl: A Cycle of Sonnets/3 Songs to Poems of Albert Ehrismann
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