WATKINS, Harriette Davison
Name:
WATKINS, Harriette Davison (b. 1923)
Musical genre:
Vocal Music/Art Songs
Country of birth:
United States
Country of location:
United States
Notes:
Harriette Davison Watkins was a composer, pianist and violinist. Her song cycle Fields of Wonder, a cycle on the poetry of Langston Hughes, was performed by The New York Philharmonic at Lincoln Center. She was a member of the Harlem Symphony and the Symphony of the New World, in both instances joining her husband, Julius Burton Watkins, a horn player who had extensive work in jazz on horn and trumpet.
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