Songs Of Perfect Propriety By Dorothy Parker

Songs Of Perfect Propriety By Dorothy Parker

UK release. Barbara Cook is unquestionably one of the most dynamic Broadway voices of the past century, with a career spanning the early 1950's to the present. Her pure lyric soprano has graced many classics and her concert performances are legendary. As a recording artist Cook has released countless studio and live albums including the best-selling It's Better With A Band and the Grammy nominated Count Your Blessings. Released on the independent Urania label in November 1958, Songs Of Perfect Propriety featured Barbara performing a song cycle of Dorothy Parker poems and verses set to music by opera and chamber music composer Seymour Barab. Songs Of Perfect Propriety holds the distinction of being the first published song cycle which set various light verses by Dorothy Parker from The Portable Dorothy Parker. Because it was uncustomary for feministic literature to be set to music by male or female composers in the first half of the twentieth century, Songs of Perfect Propriety is deemed as a highly significant work for singers of the modern art song repertoire. Seymour Barab's decision to set Parker's verse to music was almost unprecedented. He unwittingly set an example by choosing words written by a woman who had been courageously outspoken about many aspects of the female experience, including her own, which were not commonly addressed in public. Barab's music prrallels with the humor with which Parker was able to convey the truth, followed by brilliant punch lines expertly executed by Barbara Cook on this recording.
Country USA
Manufacturer Imports
Binding Audio CD
ReleaseDate 2016-06-24
UnitCount 1
Format Import
EANs 5055122153603

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Imports
Binding	Audio CD
ReleaseDate	2016-06-24
UnitCount	1
Format	Import
EANs	5055122153603

Songs Of Perfect Propriety By Dorothy Parker

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