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Welcome back, Martin. Wish I could get a YouTube version of her "Where corals lie". Best, Judy 2009/2/22 Martin Walker <[log in to unmask]> > 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 > ----- Original Message ----- 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 >> >