Jeanne Behrend
Jeanne Behrend (1911-1988) was an American pianist, scholar and advocate for American music. She was especially important in preserving and performing American piano repertory.
In the Pristine catalogue she appears in American piano music and in the Harl McDonald series, alongside Rudolph Ganz and other musicians connected with American repertory.
Behrend’s significance lies not simply in performance but in advocacy: giving Amer...
MACDOWELL Marionettes Suite, Op. 38
VARIOUS "Piano Music by American Composers"
Recorded c.1944, 1941
Total duration: 46:57
Rudolph Ganz, piano
Jeanne Behrend, piano
MCDONALD Symphony No. 1 etc.
MCDONALD Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra etc.
MCDONALD Violin Concerto
MCDONALD Elegy and Battle Hymn
MCDONALD Symphony No. 3, “A Tragic Cycle”
MCDONALD Builders of America
Recorded 1935-56
Jeanne Behrend, Alexander Kelberine - piano
Eugene Ormandy · Leopold Stokowski · Harl McDonald ∙Arthur Fiedler • Fabien Sevitzky
MCDONALD Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra etc.
Studio recordings, 1937-50
Total duration: 78:06
Jeanne Behrend, Alexander Kelberine - piano
Leopold Stokowski • Eugene Ormandy
Arthur Fiedler • Harl McDonald
The Philadelphia Orchestra
Arthur Fiedler’s Sinfonietta
University of Pennsylvania Choral Society