Hermann Reutter

Hermann Reutter was a German composer who set several American poems in his art songs, including the poetry of Arna Bontemps and Langston Hughes.

Photo: Hermann Reutter, 1979.

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    Reutter’s compositions began to gain popularity outside of Europe in the mid-20th century.

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    I Hear America Singing

    (Ernst Bacon, Jean Berger, Paul Bowles, Henry T. Burleigh, Stephen Foster, Ernest Gold, Charles Griffes, Richard Hageman, Sergius Kagen, Charles Martin Loeffler, Edward MacDowell, Charles Naginski, John Jacob Niles, Hermann Reutter, Frédéric Louis Ritter, Ned Rorem, William Grant Still, Hugo Weisgall and Tennessee Williams)

    2001


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    Dark Girl

    Composer(s): Hermann Reutter

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    Drum

    Composer(s): Hermann Reutter

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    Minstrel Man

    Composer(s): Hermann Reutter

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    My Dark Hands

    Composer(s): Hermann Reutter

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    Song for a Dark Girl

    Composer(s): Hermann Reutter

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    When Sue Wears Red

    Composer(s): Hermann Reutter

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