Anna Russell Sings!!! Eight Parodies of Opera and Art-Song
Anna Russell

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Anna Russell Sings!!!

A Tribute to the Great Concert Comedienne,

Anna Claudia Russell-Brown (1911-2006)

Dace Gisclard, editor (1st edition, ©2022)

Cover art by Piper Schaumburg

 

Singer, If You Don’t Do “Shtick,” Leave These Songs Unsung .  i

 Introductions to the Songs (with patter after Russell). ii

 Acknowledgments. vii

 The Songs

1. “Canto Dolciamente Pipo” (coloratura aria)

from the opera, La Cantatrice Squelante, by Michelangelo Occhipinti). 1

2.. La Donna Nannella (old Italian air). 9

3. “Wir gehen in den Automaten” (aria with flute obligato from the cantata,

The Ill-Tempered Clavichord). 12

4.Schlumph (intensely serious German lied).16

5.. Je ne veux pas faire l’amour (French mélodie for gastronomes).19

6.. O Gentle Bird, With Feathered Breast (coloratura song with flute). 24

7. “I am Dying!” (Anaemia’s Death Scene from the Romantic opera, Anaemia).29

8. Schreechenrauf (for Wagnerian soprano).35

 © 2022 Dace Gisclard

Classical Vocal Reprints

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