Doctoral Lecture Recital: 2011-06-09 – Hye-Ryung Kwon, soprano
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- Watts: Vignettes of Italy, 1. Addio (1919) 0:03:13
- Watts: Vignettes of Italy, 2. Naples (1919) 0:01:46
- Watts: Vignettes of Italy, 3. Capri (1919) 0:02:16
- Watts: Vignettes of Italy, 4. Night Song at Amalfi (1919) 0:02:03
- Watts: Vignettes of Italy, 5. Ruins of Paestum (1919) 0:01:52
- Watts: Vignettes of Italy, 6. From a Roman Hill (1919) 0:01:58
- Watts: Vignettes of Italy, 7. Ponte Vecchio, Florence (1919) 0:01:52
- Watts: Vignettes of Italy, 8. Villa Serbelloni, Bellaggio (1919) 0:01:34
- Watts: Vignettes of Italy, 9. Stresa (1919) 0:04:23
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Doctoral Lecture Recital: 2011-06-09 – Hye-Ryung Kwon, soprano, audio recording, June 9, 2011; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc171553/: accessed June 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Music Library.