West Chester University Collection

The Al Moretti Art Collection is a vibrant and captivating series of 34 paintings that celebrate the legacy of Great American and Great Women Composers. This stunning collection is now part of the permanent art collection at West Chester University, where it is on display at the Wells School of Music in Swope Hall and the Science Engineering and Commons building. The bold and lively colors of the paintings bring to life historic figures, both well-known and forgotten, and pay tribute to their remarkable contributions to American music. The collection is a must-see for anyone with an appreciation for music, art, and history.

Here are the paintings on view at West Chester University.

John Baker and Tim Sestrick carting the paintings into the Wells School

Dean Chris Henning and John Baker checking the location for Zitkala-Se

Dean Chris Henning, Al Moretti, Foundation President John Baker

Great American Composer Harry Partch

Great Women Composer, Dora Pejačević

Great Women Composer, Mélanie Hélène Bonis

Great Women Composer, Ethel Smyth

Great American Composer, James Reese Europe

Great Women Composer Princess Natalia Ivanovna Kurakina

Great American Composer, \ Charles Ives

Great American Composer, John Philip Sousa

Great American Composer, Aaron Copland

Great American Composer, George Gershwin

Great American Composer, Edgard Varese

Great American Composer Henry Cowell

Great American Composer, David Diamond

Great American Composer, John Cage

Great American Composer, Leonard Bernstein

Great American Composer, Roger Sessions

Great American Composer, Elliot Carter

Great American Composer, Duke Ellington

Great Women Composers, Francesca Caccini

Great American Composer, Samuel Barber

Great Women Composers, Ruth Crawford Seeger

Great Women Composer, Cécile Chaminade

Great Women Composers, Hildegard von Bingen

Great Women Composers, Lili Boulanger

Great Women Composers, Clara Wieck Schumann

Great Women Composers, Barbara Strozzi

Great American Composer, Charles Tomlinson Griffes

Great Women Composers, Louise Farrenc

Great Women Composers, Fanny Mendelssohn

Great American Composer, Scott Joplin

Great American Composer, Stephen Foster

Great Women Composers, Elisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre

Great Women Composer, Amy Marcy Cheney Beach

Great American Composer Walter Piston

Great Women Composers, Zitkala Sa, Red Bird, Gertrude Simmons Bonnin

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