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Jan DeGaetani
voc, 1933-1989 US, Massillon, Ohio
Singer of Classical
A.k.a. Janice DeGaetani
Jan (Janice) DeGaetani (July 10, 1933 – September 15, 1989) was an American mezzo-soprano known for her performances of contemporary classical vocal compositions.DeGaetani was born in Massillon, Ohio. Educated at The Juilliard School with Sergius Kagen, she was best known for her wide range, precise pitch, clear tone, and command of extended techniques that made her voice perfectly suited to the demanding style of modern and avant-garde vocal composition. Her recording of Schoenberg's song cycle Pierrot lunaire is one of the classic recordings of the piece. (Due to its use of atonality, wide range, and virtuoso techniques such as sprechstimme, all while requiring a lyrical sensibility, it is exceptionally difficult to sing.) Her collaboration with George Crumb was also a fruitful one; she
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Beautiful Dreamer on Songs by Stephen Foster, Vol. 1-2 by Stephen Foster & Jan De Gaetani/Gilbert Kalish Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair on Songs by Stephen Foster, Vol. 1-2 by Stephen Foster & Jan De Gaetani/Gilbert Kalish Le Charme, Op. 2, No. 2 on French Songs: Chausson, Debussy, Ravel by Jan DeGaetani & Gilbert Kalish I Love You Truly on Songs Of America: On Home, Love, Nature, and Death by Jan De Gaetani/Gilbert Kalish/et al. Gentle Annie on Songs by Stephen Foster, Vol. 1-2 by Stephen Foster & Jan De Gaetani/Gilbert Kalish Was My Brother in the Battle? on Songs by Stephen Foster, Vol. 1-2 by Stephen Foster & Jan De Gaetani/Gilbert Kalish There's a Good Time Coming on Songs by Stephen Foster, Vol. 1-2 by Stephen Foster & Jan De Gaetani/Gilbert Kalish If You've Only Got a Moustache on Songs by Stephen Foster, Vol. 1-2 by Stephen Foster & Jan De Gaetani/Gilbert Kalish Wilt Thou Be Gone, Love? on Songs by Stephen Foster, Vol. 1-2 by Stephen Foster & Jan De Gaetani/Gilbert Kalish Sweetly She Sleeps, My Alice Fair on Songs by Stephen Foster, Vol. 1-2 by Stephen Foster & Jan De Gaetani/Gilbert KalishTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early Music Recital | Jan DeGaetani | 1999 | Album |
| Songs / Songs From The Spanisches Liederbuch | Franz Schubert / Hugo Wolf, Jan DeGaetani, Gilbert Kalish | 1996 | Album |
| In Concert, Volume 3 | Jan DeGaetani | 1995 | Album |
| 81st Birthday Concert At The Library Of Congress | Aaron Copland - Jan DeGaetani, Leo Smit | 1993 | Album |
| Songs / Songs From The Spanisches Liederbuch | Jan DeGaetani - Franz Schubert / Hugo Wolf | 1992 | Album |
| Robert Schumann Duets & Four Songs | Robert Schumann, Jan DeGaetani, Leslie Guinn, Gilbert Kalish | 1992 | Album |
| Songs | Jan DeGaetani, Franz Schubert, Hugo Wolf | 1991 | Album |
| Pierrot Lunaire, Op. 21 & The Book Of The Hanging Gardens, Op. 15 | Arnold Schoenberg, Jan DeGaetani, Gilbert Kalish, Contemporary Chamber Ensemble, Arthur Weisberg | 1990 | Compil. |
| The Minotaur / Piano Sonata / Two Songs | Elliott Carter - New York Chamber Symphony, Gerard Schwarz - Paul Jacobs, Jan DeGaetani, Gilbert Kalish | 1990 | Compil. |
| Songs Of America: On Home, Love, Nature, And Death | Jan DeGaetani ; Gilbert Kalish | 1988 | Album |
| Songs By Stephen Foster | Jan DeGaetani, Leslie Guinn, Gilbert Kalish | 1987 | Album |
| When Lilacs Last In The Dooryard Bloom'd | Paul Hindemith - Robert Shaw, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Atlanta Symphony Chorus, William Stone, Jan DeGaetani | 1987 | Album |
| Lullabies and Night Songs | Jan DeGaetani, Alec Wilder, Rayburn Wright | 1985 | Album |
| Elizabethan Love Songs and Ayres to the Lute and Viol | Jan DeGaetani | 1984 | Album |
| Moore's Irish Melodies | Lucy Shelton, Jan DeGaetani, Martin Kelly, William Sharp, Igor Kipnis | 1984 | Album |
| Apparition / Songs | George Crumb / Charles Ives Performed By Jan DeGaetani & Gilbert Kalish | 1983 | Album |
| Songs | Johannes Brahms - Jan DeGaetani • Gilbert Kalish | 1983 | Album |
| Punch and Judy | Harrison Birtwistle - Phyllis Bryn-Julson ∙ Jan DeGaetani ∙ Philip Langridge ∙ Stephen Roberts ∙ David Wilson-Johnson ∙ John Tomlinson ∙ London Sinfonietta ∙ David Atherton | 1980 | Album |
| Songs | Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff, Ernest Chausson, Jan DeGaetani, Gilbert Kalish | 1980 | Album |
| Messe Nr. 4 C-Dur/ Menuetto Und Finale - Eine Kleine Trauermusik/ Gesang Der Geister Über Den Wassern | Franz Schubert, Phyllis Bryn-Julson, Jan DeGaetani, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Malcolm King, London Sinfonietta, London Sinfonietta Chorus, David Atherton | 1980 | Album |
| Night Music I / Eclat / Fire Fragile Flight / Surabaya Johnny | George Crumb / Pierre Boulez / Lucia Dlugoszewski / Luciano Berio - Kurt Weill, Jan DeGaetani, Johanna Albrecht, The Orchestra Of Our Time Conducted By Joel Thome | 1979 | Album |
| Duets & Four Songs From Op. 98a | Robert Schumann - Jan DeGaetani, Leslie Guinn, Gilbert Kalish | 1979 | Album |
| Classic Cole | Jan DeGaetani & Leo Smit | 1977 | Compil. |
| Mass No. 5 In A Flat, D. 678 | Franz Schubert - Marlee Sabo, Jan DeGaetani, Paul Sperry, Leslie Guinn, The Carleton College Choir, Chamber Singers & Festival Chorale, William Wells, The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies | 1977 | Album |
| Songs | Charles Ives - Jan DeGaetani, Gilbert Kalish | 1976 | Album |
| Songs / The Book Of The Hanging Gardens, Op. 15 | Franz Schubert, Arnold Schoenberg / Jan DeGaetani, Gilbert Kalish | 1975 | Album |
| Songs From The Spanisches Liederbuch | Hugo Wolf - Jan DeGaetani, Gilbert Kalish | 1974 | Album |
| Spectrum: New American Music, Volume IV | Stefan Wolpe / George Rochberg / Jeff Jones - Contemporary Chamber Ensemble, Arthur Weisberg, Phyllis Bryn-Julson, Jan DeGaetani | 1974 | Album |
| Voice Of The Whale / Night Of The Four Moons | George Crumb With Jan DeGaetani, Aeolian Chamber Players | 1974 | Album |
| Tableaux / "O, The Chimneys" | George Rochberg, Jan DeGaetani, Penn Contemporary Players, Richard Wernick / Shulamit Ran, Gloria Davy, New York Philomusica Chamber Ensemble, A. Robert Johnson | 1973 | Album |
| Autumn Setting / The Valley Wind / Bitter-Sweet / Easter-Wings / Stray Birds | Phillip Rhodes / Hale Smith / John Ronsheim / Ursula Mamlok Sung By Phyllis Bryn-Julson / Jan DeGaetani / Hilda Harris | 1972 | Album |
| Pierrot Lunaire Op.21 | Arnold Schoenberg - Jan DeGaetani - Arthur Weisberg | 1971 | Album |
| American Brass Music | Charles Ives, Alvin Brehm, Henry Brant, Peter Phillips - American Brass Quintet With Jan DeGaetani | 1969 | Album |
| Symphony No. 4 / Dark Upon The Harp | Roger Goeb, Japan Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, Akeo Watanabe / Jacob Druckman, Jan DeGaetani, The New York Brass Quintet | 1964 | Album |
| Spectrum: New American Music, Volume II | Stefan Wolpe / George Rochberg / Seymour Shifrin - Contemporary Chamber Ensemble, Arthur Weisberg, Jan DeGaetani | Album | |
| Offrandes. Intégrales. Octandre. Ecuatorial. | Edgard Varèse - Contemporary Chamber Ensemble, Arthur Weisberg Conductor, Jan DeGaetani, Thomas Paul | Album | |
| Untitled | The Composers Festival Orchestra, Alvin Brehm, Jerome Bunke, Jan DeGaetani / Catherine Rowe | Album |
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