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.
>
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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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