Actually, Dave, Dame Clara was a very versatile singer who could do tender &
restrained as well - viz. her recording of "Where corals lie" which is as
evocative a quintessence of Edwardian yearning for Another Country as any I
know.
cheers
Martin -
Gimme eastern trimmin' where women are women
In high silk hose and peekaboo clothes
And French perfume that rocks the room
And I'm all yours in buttons and bows.
Livingston/Evans 1947
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From: "David Bircumshaw" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2009 2:13 PM
Subject: Re: blossom dearie
> The opposite of which might have been the voice of the awesome Dame
> Clara Butt, a recording of which I chanced to hear this morning, of
> whom Beecham remarked that on a clear day you could hear her across
> the Channel.
> She used to dress as Britannia to sing for the Empire and her voice
> could politely be described as elephantine.
>
> best
>
> dav
>
> 2009/2/22 Tim Allen <[log in to unmask]>:
>>>My mind slips sideways to the death of Blossom Dearie, news of which led
>>>me
>>> to
>> Youtube.
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNpHSCiDVAo&feature=related
>>
>> 'Blossom Dearie's voice, critic Whitney Balliett once wrote, would
>> scarcely
>> reach the second story of a doll house.'
>>
>> Max<
>>
>> Now that is poetry.
>>
>> Tim A.
>>
>
>
>
> --
> David Bircumshaw
> Website and A Chide's Alphabet
> http://homepage.ntlworld.com/david.bircumshaw/
> The Animal Subsides http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html
> Leicester Poetry Society: http://www.poetryleicester.co.uk
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