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From: Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid>
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Subject: (OT) Re: Assigning void
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2012 16:31:28 -0400
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On 10/25/2012 4:04 PM, Martin Gregorie wrote:
> On Wed, 24 Oct 2012 20:21:11 -0400, Eric Sosman wrote:
>
>>       "Things would be so di-if-fe-rent,
>>        If they were not as they are!"
>>        -- Anna Russell (Extra credit if you know the tune.)
>>
> I don't know the tune, but you're the first person I've encountered in a
> very long time who knows who Anna Russell was. Long ago and far away I
> was fortunate enough to see her perform her single handed demolition of
> the Ring Cycle.

     Grew up with her recordings, and saw her live a couple times.
Most memorable moment: She led the entire Symphony Hall (Boston)
audience in a sing-along of one of the choruses from "Nabucco,"
with English words adapted from a spiritual concerning Meshach,
Shadrach, and Abednego.

     (I'm not making this up, you know.)

     The quoted couplet is from her presentation on "How to Write
Your Own Gilbert and Sullivan Opera."

-- 
Eric Sosman
esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid