Website www.anonymous4.com | Past members Johanna Maria Rose | |
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Years active 1992 (1992)–2016 (2016) Associated acts Bruce Molsky, The Mountain Goats Members Susan Hellauer, Marsha Genensky, Ruth Cunningham, Johanna Maria Rose, Jacqueline Horner Genres A cappella, Medieval music Record labels Harmonia Mundi, Sony Classical Records Albums The Origin of Fire: Music an, American Angels, Darkness Into Light, On Yoolis Night: Medieval, Wolcum Yule Profiles | ||
Anonymous 4 john tavener darkness into light the bridegroom other works
Anonymous 4 are an American female a cappella quartet, based in New York City. Their main performance genre is medieval music, although they have also premiered works by recent composers such as John Tavener and Steve Reich.
Contents
- Anonymous 4 john tavener darkness into light the bridegroom other works
- Anonymous 4 with bruce molsky npr music tiny desk concert
- Lineup
- Songs
- References
The name of the group is a pun on the name used to refer to an anonymous English music theorist of the late 13th century, Anonymous IV, who is the principal source on the two famous composers of the Notre Dame school, Léonin, and Pérotin.
Anonymous 4 have performed in cities throughout North America, and have been regulars at major international festivals. They decided to make the 2003–2004 season their last as a full-time recording and touring ensemble, but have continued to tour and make recordings while pursuing individual projects. The CD 1865, which features songs from the Civil War with Bruce Molsky on guitar, fiddle, banjo, and vocals will be their last recording together, as the ensemble will be disbanding for good by the end of the 2015–2016 season.
The group collaborated with The Mountain Goats on their 2012 album Transcendental Youth as well as with Christopher Tin in 2009 on his album Calling All Dawns, and in 2014 on The Drop That Contained the Sea.
Anonymous 4 with bruce molsky npr music tiny desk concert
Lineup
The group currently comprises Marsha Genensky, Susan Hellauer, Ruth Cunningham, and Jacqueline Horner-Kwiatek. The original lineup included Johanna Maria Rose but not Jacqueline Horner-Kwiatek. In 1998, Cunningham left and was replaced by Jacqueline Horner-Kwiatek. In 2008, Cunningham returned to the group in place of Johanna Maria Rose. Genensky grew up in California in the foothills of the Santa Monica Mountains; Hellauer was born and raised in the Bronx, New York; Cunningham was brought up in Millbrook, New York; Rose grew up in the village of Grand View-on-Hudson, New York; and Horner-Kwiatek is from Monkstown, County Antrim, in Northern Ireland (she won her Green Card in the Diversity Immigrant Visa program, commonly known as the "Green Card Lottery").
Songs
The Cherry Tree CarolWolcum Yule · 2003
Shall We Gather at the RiverAmerican Angels · 2004
Blooming ValeAmerican Angels · 2004