Hanna Vollenhoven Explained
Hanna Vollenhoven |
Other Names: | Hanna van Vollenhoven Wolff, Mrs. Allen H. Vories Jr. |
Birth Date: | 1889 |
Birth Place: | The Hague |
Death Date: | 1972 |
Death Place: | United States |
Occupation: | Composer, pianist |
Hanna van Vollenhoven Vories (1889 – 1972) was a Dutch composer and pianist who moved to America in 1916. She is best remembered today for composing and performing music for player piano rolls, and for New York University's annual Hanna van Vollenhollen Fories Memorial Prize in Music.[1] Her music was published under the name "Hanna Vollenhoven.
Early life and education
Hanna van Vollenhoven Wolff was born in The Hague.[2] Her father and grandfather were musicians,[3] as was her brother Phillip.[4] She studied music at the Amsterdam Conservatory with Julius Roentgen, Louis Coenan, Hugo Riemann, Bernard Zweers, and later with Alfred Cortot, and Leopold Godowsky.[5]
Career
Vollenhoven's European debut as a pianist was in 1909.[6] In 1915, she visited America and made her American debut with the Chicago Symphony.[7] Soon after, she withdrew from her position on the Netherlands Committee for Arts, Science, and Friendly Relations to pursue music full time in America.
Vollenhoven initially lived in Tarrytown, New York, while working in New York City. She played piano in Winthrop Ames' production of Pierrot the Prodigal and gave solo recitals, advertising performances of "modern and ulta-modern composers such as Chabrier, Debussy, Roger, Scriabine and Lambord" for her 1917–1918 season.[8] Vollenhoven composed and played at least two piano pieces for the De Luxe Reproducing Roll Corporation: The Thought of You and Viennese Waltz.[9] She also played her composition Mon Reve, and possibly other pieces, for Welte Mignon piano rolls.[10] In 1927, Vollenhoven and Vaughn De Leath (the "Radio Girl") recorded Vollenhoven's composition The Night Before Christmas for Edison Records (#52131).[11] She also wrote "A Visit with Richard Pitrot", for the Musical Monitor in 1921,[12] and a tribute to Leopold Godowsky for a New Jersey newspaper in 1938.[13]
Her music was published by the Boston Music Company,[14] Casa Ricordi,[15] G. Schirmer Inc., and Winthrop Rogers Ltd (now Boosey & Hawkes).
Compositions
Compositions by Hanna van Vollenhoven included an operetta, a cantata, and works for piano and voice.
Operetta
Piano
- Mon Reve (My Dream)[17]
- Old Netherland Folksongs [18]
- Thought of You[19]
- Viennese Waltz
Vocal
- "Hear Me Speedily, O Lord"![20]
- "America We Sing to Thee" (1945)[21]
- Hymn (for youth choir)
- "Joyous Meditation" (text by Gibbs Hofmann; music by Vollenhoven)[22]
- "Love Me, I Love You" (text by Christina Rossetti; music by Vollenhoven)[23]
- "(The) Night Before Christmas" (text by Clement Clarke Moore; piano accompaniment by Vollenhoven; sheet music illustrated by Grace Drayton)
- "Songs" (text by George Edward Woodberry; music by Vollenhoven)
- Star of the Renaissance: A Vision (cantata; text by Ray Bridgman; music by Vollenhoven)[24]
Personal life and legacy
Hanna van Vollenhoven married artist and singer Allen Hamilton Vories Jr. in 1933.[25] [26] They lived in Weehawken, New Jersey,[27] and sometimes performed together.[28] They had a son, David, who was also a musician.[29] She was a church organist in New Jersey.[30] New York University gives an annual Hanna van Vollenhollen Vories Memorial Prize in Music to a senior-year student majoring in music.
External links
Notes and References
- https://cas.nyu.edu/content/nyu-as/cas/academic-programs/bulletin/policies/honors-and-awards.html "Honors and Awards"
- News: 1917-06-01. A Dutch Girl with an Amazing Memory. 2. Passaic Daily News. 2021-06-13. Newspapers.com.
- News: 1916-04-16. Girl Musician from Holland Tells of her Work. 31. The Sun. 2021-06-13. Newspapers.com.
- News: 1958-04-14. Phillip Wolff. 11. Arizona Republic. 2021-06-13. Newspapers.com.
- News: 1940-09-27. Miss Van Vollenhoven Appears Here Tomorrow. 10. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 2021-06-13. Newspapers,com.
- Book: Cohen, Aaron I.. International encyclopedia of women composers. 1987. 0-9617485-2-4. Second edition, revised and enlarged. New York. 16714846.
- Book: Smith. Charles Davis. The Welte-Mignon: Its Music and Musicians. Howe. Richard J.. 1994. Vestal Press. 978-1-879511-17-0. en.
- Book: The Music Magazine-musical Courier. 1917. en.
- Book: Corporation, De Luxe Reproducing Roll. Library of Welte-Mignon Music Records. 1927. The Corporation. en.
- Web site: Welte Mignon - Mon Reve - Comp. Hanna Von Vollenhoven - YouTube. 2021-02-04. www.youtube.com. 22 May 2011 .
- Web site: Hanna Van Vollenhoven. 2021-02-04. Discogs. en.
- Book: The Musical Monitor. 1921. Mrs. David Allen Campbell, Publisher. en.
- News: Vollenhoven. Hanna van. 1938-11-26. Leopold Godowski, One of the World's Greatest Pianists. 10. The Herald-News. 2021-06-13. Newspapers.com.
- Web site: Ockerbloom. John Mark. 2018-12-24. Public Domain Day advent calendar #24: The Night Before Christmas (recitation with music and drawings) by Hanna van Vollenhoven and Grace Drayton. 2021-02-04. Everybody's Libraries. en.
- Web site: Rider University Library / All Locations. 2021-02-04. sierra.rider.edu.
- Book: Office, Library of Congress Copyright. Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series: 1953: January-June. 1954. Copyright Office, Library of Congress. en.
- Book: Brandenburg, A. H.. The Enjoyment of Music. 1926. De Luxe Reproducing Roll Corporation. en.
- News: Vollenhoven. Hanna. 18 Dec 1933. The Birmingham News (Alabama). 29 Jan 2021.
- Book: Sitsky, Larry. The Classical Reproducing Piano Roll: Pianists. 1990. Greenwood Press. 978-0-313-27313-1. en.
- Web site: Elliott. Lisa. 1 May 2020. Sacred Song Sisters: Choral and Solo Vocal Church Music by Women Composers for the Lenten Revised Common Lectionary. 29 Jan 2021. Digital Scholarship Univ Edu.
- News: 1945-12-18. A New Hymn. 10. The Herald-News. 2021-06-13. Newspapers.com.
- Book: Office, Library of Congress Copyright. Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series. 1968. en.
- Web site: Hanna Von Vollenhoven - Vocal Texts and Translations at the LiederNet Archive. 2021-02-04. www.lieder.net.
- News: 1939-02-27. Composer Returns to Concert Stage for Piano Recital. 6. The Herald-News. 2021-06-13. Newspapers.com.
- News: 1933-12-14. PIANIST A BRIDE.; Miss Hanna Van Vollenhoven Wed to Allen H. Voorhees. en-US. The New York Times. 2021-06-13. 0362-4331.
- News: 1953-10-13. Baking Executive Dies in Orleans. 9. The Times. 2021-06-13. Newspapers.com.
- News: 1940-09-13. Weehawken Pianist. 17. The Record. 2021-06-13. Newspapers.com.
- News: 1940-01-31. A. H. Vories and Composer Wife to Give Recital. 12. The Herald-News. 2021-06-13. Newspapers.com.
- News: 1953-04-30. Mrs. Vories in Concert at Weehawken Club. 26. The Herald-News. 2021-06-13. Newspapers.com.
- Web site: Vories. Hanna. December 14, 1940. One Wednesday evening. 2021-06-13. Christian Science Sentinel. en-US.