NATALIE SLEETH - USA
BORN 29 OCTOBER
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Natalie Allyn Sleeth (née Wakeley; October 29, 1930 – March 21, 1992) was an American composer.
Sleeth was born in Evanston, Illinois. In 1934, she began to study the piano at the early age of four. In 1952, she received an Academic major in music theory and a BA in music theory at Wellesley College in Massachusetts. She married the Rev. Ronald E. Sleeth, a professor of Homiletics.
In 1965, Ms. Sleeth became the director of the children's choirs at Highland Park Methodist Church. Encouraged by Lloyd Pfautsch (under whom she studied at Southern Methodist University) and Jane Marshall, Natalie began arranging music in 1968. As a musician and a poet, Natalie wrote both the words and music for all her songs. At the time of her death, Natalie had written over 180 published songs for church and school choirs, including the standards "Jazz Gloria" and "Gaudeamus Hodie."
In her later life she received an honorary doctorate from West Virginia Wesleyan College in 1989 and from Nebraska Wesleyan College in 1990. An organist, she wrote over 180 highly successful selections for church and school. One of Sleeth's best-known anthems for choir is entitled "Joy in the Morning" and was written for the West Virginia Wesleyan College concert chorale on the occasion of her husband's inauguration as the president of West Virginia Wesleyan College in 1977.
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Joy in the morning by Natalie Sleeth
KERSTIN JEPPSSON - SWEDEN
BORN 29 OCTOBER
BORN 29 OCTOBER
Kerstin Jeppsson was born in Nyköping, Sweden, and graduated from the Royal College of Music in Stockholm, where she studied composition with Maurice Karkoff. She received a fellowship to continue her studies at the Cracow Conservatory, where she studied with Krzysztof Meyer and Krzysztof Penderecki for composition and Jozef Radwan for conducting. Jeppsson received a bachelor of arts degree from the University of Stockholm in 1977, and graduated with a Master of Fine Arts from the California Institute of the Arts in Valencia in 1979, where she studied with Mel Powell for composition and Daniel Schulman for conducting.
Jeppsson has composed vocal compositions, instrumental works and chamber music, many of which have been recorded. Recorded works include: 4 småstycken En dröm; Percussione con forza; Prometheus; Embrio; Stråkkvartett no. 2; I förändring Lyrics: Ulla Olin; Impossibile Lyrics: Göran Sonnevi; I Till Dig Lyrics: Karin Boye; I Rosen Lyrics: Edith Södergran; and others.
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Tre Visor by Kerstin Jeppsson
Tre Visor by Kerstin Jeppsson
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