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From:
"arado_ge" <
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"arado_ge" <
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>
Date:
Tue Dec 18, 2001 1:21 pm
Subject:
[vocalist] Re: REP: non-cliche Irish songs for soprano
--- In
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, "Sheila Graham" <
--- In
vocalist-temporary@y...
, "Sheila Graham" <
wrote:
> Hi List,
>
> Kirsty wrote (on the subject of non-cliche Irish songs):-
>
> Then there's the BLACK VELVET BAND which is
> great but may fall into your category of "cliché" but isn't
> as "chlichéd" as THE WILD ROVER, DIRTY OLD TOWN etc...
>
>
> Dirty Old Town Irish? Oh dear me, no. It was written by Ewan
MacColl,
> English but with strong Scottish connections, about Salford, a town
in the
> industrial north of England.
>
> I know the Pogues have recorded it, but so have many other people.
(It was
> written by MacColl in 1949, when he was involved with Theatre
Workshop.)
>
> Someone has previously suggested 'My Lagan Love' - excellent idea,
it's not
> easy to sing, suits a soprano voice, and I think would work if sung
> 'straight'.By that I mean not sung in the traditional Irish style,
which has
> extensive vocal ornamentation. (I'm assuming the original singer is
not used
> to singing in the traditional Irish way, as she would then
presumably know
> the repertoire well enough not to be asking for help.)
>
> Regards,
>
> Sheila
>
>
> Sheila Graham
> Mezzo-Soprano, Edinburgh, Scotland
>
> www.sheilagraham.demon.co.uk
>
> 'She is a singer, and therefore capable of anything' (Bellini)