From: Karen Mercedes
To: VOCALIST <vocalist>
Subject: Re: More Humourous Recital Help!
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On Thu, 16 Dec 1999, Fiona Chow wrote:

> Vocalist,
> I have just been scheduled to sing an all Baroque program with only
> conintuo, on APRIL 1, next year!!!!
>
> I once posted to the list for music specifically for high voice and
> continuo, and have since then, been researching and trying out repertoire...
>
> Now I am reposting - asking if any of you are aware of repertoire that is
> humourous, or could fit under a "foolish" title (not so sure what kind of
> title I can come up with here)... for such a recital.



Unfortunately, the really funny baroque stuff, which is pretty much all by
Purcell, is for 3- or 4-voice male ensemble. There's an absolutely wicked
and rude "catch" called "Pox on you for a fop" which comes complete with
sound effects (belches, farts, etc.), and there are several others in a
similar vein.

Or you could "borrow" the "Diverse ayres on sundrie notions" for bargain
counter tenor and keyboard (S.99 44/100) by the greatest of all Broque
composers, P.D.Q. Bach. This cycle includes the songs "Do you suffer?",
"Here me through", and "If you have never".

Another possibliity is the song "I'll never go to Macy's from Seymour
Barab's PARODIES for high voice and piano: as some traditional jumprope
rhymes might have been set to music by the masters. This particular song
is in the style of George Friedrich Handel. The cycle also includes "Miss
Lucy" (Donizetti), "I was standing on the corner" (Wolf), "Poor old lady"
(Mussorgsky), "Charlie Chaplin" (Duparc), and Spanish Dances (de Falla).


Karen Mercedes
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