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From:  thomas mark montgomery <thomas8@t...>
thomas mark montgomery <thomas8@t...>
Date:  Sat Jan 6, 2001  5:13 am
Subject:  More Farrell [was Tonight on PBS]



Since Eileen Farrell as crossover artist has come up, I have uploaded two
files for listers: Arlen's "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" and a portion of
Wagner's "Gotterdammerung" for comparison. Enjoy.

Mark Montgomery

> thanks to whomever it was who brought up eileen farrell as a crossover
> singer. there is a little something weird about her singing 'old fashioned'
> but, it is weird in the way eartha kitt was weird not in an 'opera singer
> singing something she shouldn't' weird. there is also something about her
> singing this music that sometimes sounds a little like judy garland (the drug
> years- a compliment, believe it or not). anyone else ever notice this?



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