Topic: SCHWINGING WITH SCHWANDA (Read 4424 times)

bk · « **on:** December 19, 2020, 12:03:55 AM »

Well, you've read the notes, the notes schwung, and now it is time for you to post until the schwinging cows come home.

bk · « **Reply #1 on:** December 19, 2020, 12:04:39 AM »

And the word of the day is: CORDATE!

George · « **Reply #2 on:** December 19, 2020, 12:26:55 AM »

Topic of the Day:

Judgment at Nuremberg
Witness for the Prosecution

These are the only movies of hers that I've seen.

George · « **Reply #3 on:** December 19, 2020, 12:28:51 AM »

And now, bed time.

Have a good day, all!

singdaw · « **Reply #4 on:** December 19, 2020, 03:35:03 AM »

And that's what comes from men and women dancing.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #5 on:** December 19, 2020, 03:39:58 AM »

Good morning, all!

elmore3003 · « **Reply #6 on:** December 19, 2020, 03:48:33 AM »

BK, your notes made my day. I am so happy that you enjoyed Schwanda. Universal Edition was Weinberger's publisher, also Kurt Weill's, and I believe that those German scores were preserved because the company did not follow the Nazi edict to destroy them. I'm guessing that one of the reasons Weinerger had such a hard time in the USA during the war was a combination of learning English and not receiving any Schwanda royalties from the publisher.

I had always wanted a vocal score, and they hardly ever show up, so I photocopied the score at the Library of Congress. Then I found one, about the same time that I found a copt of Braunfels' Die Vogel, in a great used music shop on 72nd Street.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #7 on:** December 19, 2020, 03:52:06 AM »

BK, I am not a huge Richard Strauss fan, but I think you might enjoy Arabella, another Strauss girl playing a boy opera.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #8 on:** December 19, 2020, 03:53:27 AM »

DR vixmom, I'll say it again: I love your boss! What a good employer.

Ginny · « **Reply #9 on:** December 19, 2020, 03:59:21 AM »

Saturday morning greetings! I woke up an hour ago with a slight case of “holiday head,” which is when tasks and details swirl in my brain. The only cure is to DO something, so here I am having my first cup of coffee and getting ready to create today’s grocery order.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #10 on:** December 19, 2020, 04:03:53 AM »

DR TCB, DR Ginny was not in The Beggar's Opera; she was my assistant. I had cast a good baritone as Lockit, and he dropped out shortly after rehearsals began. I've always suspected some of Britten's harmonies frightened him off. I ended up having to play the role, and the production suffered because (1)I am no legit baritone and (2)my focus was scattered.

I looked good, though.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #11 on:** December 19, 2020, 04:06:37 AM »

Now that the bed is winterized under a blanket, quilt, and comforter, it was way too hot in the apartment. Around 11:30 I removed the comforter and slept pretty soundly until Annabelle crawled under the blankets to stay warm, some time between 3:00 and 5:45.

singdaw · « **Reply #12 on:** December 19, 2020, 04:08:15 AM »

Cativity!

Ginny · « **Reply #13 on:** December 19, 2020, 04:09:07 AM »

DR Elmore, I’m afraid I contributed to your stress during that production by getting a really bad case of bronchitis. That was when my doctor’s nurse said, “Why don’t you just get pneumonia? We know how to cure THAT!”

elmore3003 · « **Reply #14 on:** December 19, 2020, 04:09:15 AM »

Today I have my usual tidying and kitty cleanup. Then I need to clean off the computer table, and vacuum it and the floor below. I have to be ready for the Time Warner service man's arrival on Monday.

singdaw · « **Reply #15 on:** December 19, 2020, 04:09:58 AM »

When cats rule, sheep suffer.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #16 on:** December 19, 2020, 04:10:13 AM »

Quote from: singdaw on December 19, 2020, 04:08:15 AM

Cativity!

That is so Annabelle: I fits, I sits.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #17 on:** December 19, 2020, 04:10:49 AM »

And if it were Stella, she'd eat the baby Jesus. And then throw it up.

Ginny · « **Reply #18 on:** December 19, 2020, 04:11:16 AM »

DR TCB, what DR Elmore is too kind to tell you is that I didn’t have the vocal chops to be in that cast.

singdaw · « **Reply #19 on:** December 19, 2020, 04:51:42 AM »

Love the photo, DR elmore3003!

singdaw · « **Reply #20 on:** December 19, 2020, 04:52:02 AM »

ChasSmith · « **Reply #21 on:** December 19, 2020, 05:23:40 AM »

Good morning, all.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #22 on:** December 19, 2020, 05:26:18 AM »

Last night I turned on TCM to relax and fall asleep to. I caught the last fifteen minutes of THE APARTMENT snd lasted through about the first twenty minutes of DESK SET, and that’s all she wrote.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #23 on:** December 19, 2020, 05:48:14 AM »

I’ve never seen the postal service so overwhelmed and completely screwed up. For example, my date with Lolita came and went. I use USPS Informed Delivery, and the “arrival by 8 pm” last night never happened. But I knew it wasn’t going to when I recognized a tracking pattern I’ve seen repeatedly since the first of the month.

At 9 pm the web page dropped that ETA whereupon it joined the rest of our “delivery date unknown” items and is shown as being still in Santa Clarita, CA. I have an eBay package that was shipped from Rhode Island (two hours from here) at the end of November. That one has been in Jersey City Hell (major distribution hub) for two weeks. And so it goes.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #24 on:** December 19, 2020, 05:53:14 AM »

Quote from: ChasSmith on December 19, 2020, 05:48:14 AM

I’ve never seen the postal service so overwhelmed and completely screwed up. For example, my date with Lolita came and went. I use USPS Informed Delivery, and the “arrival by 8 pm” last night never happened. But I knew it wasn’t going to when I recognized a tracking pattern I’ve seen repeatedly since the first of the month.

At 9 pm the web page dropped that ETA whereupon it joined the rest of our “delivery date unknown” items and is shown as being still in Santa Clarita, CA. I have an eBay package that was shipped from Rhode Island (two hours from here) at the end of November. That one has been in Jersey City Hell (major distribution hub) for two weeks. And so it goes.

You can thank our incompetent putz president and that idiot postmaster general he appointed on behalf of his large contribution to the Fat Orange Slug's campaign. We really did elect the Manchurian Candidate, and I would not be surprised to learn that he and his appointees are all paid well by Russia.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #25 on:** December 19, 2020, 05:57:20 AM »

DR Elmore, what was the used music shop on 72nd Street? That sounds wonderful. I so miss the days of, you know, “shops”.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #26 on:** December 19, 2020, 05:57:52 AM »

Quote from: singdaw on December 19, 2020, 04:51:42 AM

Love the photo, DR elmore3003!

Yes, that’s a great one!

singdaw · « **Reply #27 on:** December 19, 2020, 06:14:09 AM »

Public Service Announcement:

Schwinging with Schwanda is not a shonda.

singdaw · « **Reply #28 on:** December 19, 2020, 06:14:24 AM »

Now back to your regularly scheduled programming.

singdaw · « **Reply #29 on:** December 19, 2020, 06:23:16 AM »

And, moving on...

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