SCHICKELE MIX {PROGRAM #13} (RADIO)
Summary
One in this series of programs that examines music. In this program, host Peter Schickele explores the idea of "singing in the cracks." Schickele uses recordings of different singers and various styles of music to examine the effect of singing slightly off-key. Examples of intentionally singing in the cracks come from Mozart's "The Magic Flute," Arnold Schoenberg's 1912 "Pierrot Lunaire," and Earl Taylor and the Stony Mountain Boys ("Cripple Creek"). Next, Otis Redding ("I've Been Loving You Too Long"). Schickele discusses "singing sharp" with examples by Cathy Berberian (Purcell's "Nymphs and Shepherds") and Jonathan and Darlene Edwards (pseudonyms of Paul Weston and Jo Stafford) with "You're Blase." Florence Foster Jenkins sings Mozart's "Queen of the Night" aria from "The Magic Flute". Also heard are Cassius Clay ("Stand By Me") and Muddy Waters ("Country Boy" blues). Schickele also discusses the idea of "songsayers": singers who do not sing, but who talk their way through songs. Examples include George M. Cohan ("Life's A Funny Propsition After All"), Sebastian Cabot (who recites Bob Dylan's "Don't Think Twice, It's Alright"), Marlene Dietrich ("Johnny"), The Ink Spots ("If I Didn't Care"), and Rex Harrison ("I'm An Ordinary Man"). (This series aired in New York on WNYC-Radio on Sundays at 3:00 p.m.)
Details
- NETWORK: WNYC / APR American Public Radio
- DATE: November 30, 1991 3:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:57:55
- COLOR/B&W: N/A
- CATALOG ID: R:8432
- GENRE: Radio - Music
- SUBJECT HEADING: Music - Analysis, appreciation
- SERIES RUN: Syndicated - Radio series, 1992-
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Peter Schickele … Writer, Host
- Cathy Berberian
- Sebastian Cabot
- Clay, Cassius (See also: Ali, Muhammad)
- George M. Cohan
- Marlene Dietrich
- Edwards, Darlene (See also: Stafford, Jo)
- Edwards, Jonathan (See also: Weston, Paul)
- Rex Harrison
- Ink Spots, The
- Florence Foster Jenkins
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Otis Redding
- Taylor, Earl, and the Stony Mountain Boys
- Muddy Waters