Margaret Ruthven Lang

Margaret Ruthven Lang

Margaret Ruthven Lang (November 27, 1867 – May 29, 1972) was an American composer and violinist primarily active in Boston. Lang is often considered the first woman composer to have a composition performed by a major American symphony orchestra, when her now-lost Dramatic Overture was premiered by the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 1893.

Birth and Death Data: Born Boston (capital and largest city of Massachusetts, United States), Died May 29, 1972 (Boston (capital and largest city of Massachusetts, United States) )

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1907 - 1924

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, lyricist

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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Victor	B-4924	10-in.	11/12/1907	Irish love song	Percy Hemus ; Victor Orchestra	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-6473	10-in.	9/28/1908	Irish love song	Ernestine Schumann-Heink	Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-10402	10-in.	5/16/1911	Irish love song, op. 22	Daniel Beddoe	Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-12976	10-in.	3/8/1913	Irish love song	Alma Gluck ; Efrem Zimbalist	Soprano vocal solo, with piano and violin obbligato	composer
Victor	B-26597	10-in.	7/12/1922	I have a dream	Millicent Steacy	Female vocal solo, with piano	composer
Victor	B-28410	10-in.	7/24/1923	Irish love song, op. 22	Richard Crooks	Tenor vocal solo, with harp and orchestra	composer
Victor	[Trial 1915-04-23-01]	Not documented	4/23/1915	Irish love song	Belle Blanche	Female vocal solo	composer
Victor	[Trial 1916-10-28-02]	Not documented	10/28/1916	Irish love song, op. 22	Anna L. Johnson	Female vocal solo	composer
Columbia	19890	10-in.	5/18/1912	Irish love song	Mary Garden	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Columbia	38349	10-in.	10/17/1912	Irish love song	Carolina White	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	46825	10-in.	6/13/1916	Irish love song	Grace Kerns	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	47391	10-in.	2/27/1917	Irish love song	Adkins Morton	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Columbia	79244	10-in.	6/7/1920	An Irish love song	Grace Wagner	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	79924	10-in.	7/1/1921	Irish love song	Cyrena Van Gordon	Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	81858	10-in.	7/2/1924	Irish love song	María Luisa Escobar	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Columbia	36717	12-in.	5/10/1913	Irish love song	Carolina White	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Columbia	37427	12-in.	10/14/1915	Irish love song	Mackenzie Gordon	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
OKeh	[OK cat 1049-b]	10-in.	approximately June 1918	Irish love song	Inez Barbour	Female vocal solo	composer
Brunswick	7192	10-in.	approximately March 1922	Irish love song	Elizabeth Lennox	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Edison	1368	10-in.	December 1912	An Irish love song	Bettina Freeman	Mezzo-soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Edison	2905	10-in.	between 3/24/1914 and 3/25/1914	Irish love song	Emory B. Randolph	Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Edison	6380	10-in.	between 9/23/1918 and 9/25/1918	Irish love song, op. 22	Gertrude Hull	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Lang, Margaret Ruthven," accessed December 25, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/116354.

Lang, Margaret Ruthven. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 25, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/116354.

"Lang, Margaret Ruthven." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 25 December 2025.

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