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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
64 pages
