For a theater project my wife is looking for slightly melancholy vocal music from the 1920s to the 1940s. It could be a song or aria from an operetta, or vocal jazz like:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhCXXOhQ4zw(although this is from a later period).
The song should not be too difficult to sing for an untrained female voice.
― ArchCarrier, Tuesday, 11 October 2016 20:07 (eight years ago)
one of my favorites
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5w-_xbBmXJ4
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 11 October 2016 20:09 (eight years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srQWvgCKzxI
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 11 October 2016 20:37 (eight years ago)
check out It's The Talk Of The Town (And Other Sad Songs) by the Dutch group Boulevard Of Broken Dreams, great stuff there.
― by the light of the burning Citroën, Tuesday, 11 October 2016 20:39 (eight years ago)
And if you want to look into some really old, pre-20th century American folk songs, this Anonymous 4 albums is a treasure trove.
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 11 October 2016 20:45 (eight years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxRyvwpi5vM
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 11 October 2016 20:46 (eight years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbAMQQbpRkU
― ian, Tuesday, 11 October 2016 20:49 (eight years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwLrZ1KA4Tc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Say254HTyLE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2PJQx5_BVs
― ian, Tuesday, 11 October 2016 20:50 (eight years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=749523cHwyc
― ian, Tuesday, 11 October 2016 20:52 (eight years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5k4CBe_lP4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94VQG0v-8_Y
― ian, Tuesday, 11 October 2016 20:53 (eight years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8GqG2w1NxU
― ian, Tuesday, 11 October 2016 20:54 (eight years ago)
"where or when"
― dc, Tuesday, 11 October 2016 21:37 (eight years ago)
"Cottage for Sale," written in 1929. Many great versions from Sinatra et al, but I think Chris Connor's is my favorite.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjUBGaosWKc
― Their all losers and I like associating with loser (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 11 October 2016 21:56 (eight years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SgS6OZZ_KU&index=4&list=PLDAA5A59C4FF3D0ABThis probably belongs on a different thread but please indulge me, it is beautiful.
― calzino, Tuesday, 11 October 2016 22:17 (eight years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SgS6OZZ_KU&index=4&list=PLDAA5A59C4FF3D0AB
― calzino, Tuesday, 11 October 2016 22:18 (eight years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHrXgd6sqOw
― calzino, Tuesday, 11 October 2016 22:20 (eight years ago)
ffs! sorry bout the mess
― calzino, Tuesday, 11 October 2016 22:21 (eight years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKMxIVFRMdU
― hippie lady from california who loves that god (unregistered), Wednesday, 12 October 2016 02:18 (eight years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxLMUCSn8A4
― hippie lady from california who loves that god (unregistered), Wednesday, 12 October 2016 02:22 (eight years ago)
unrelenting lugubriosity:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ymezkd6iC8
― no lime tangier, Wednesday, 12 October 2016 02:46 (eight years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktEdVeQXCs0
― hippie lady from california who loves that god (unregistered), Wednesday, 12 October 2016 02:49 (eight years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9tFRSGsSBM
― hippie lady from california who loves that god (unregistered), Wednesday, 12 October 2016 02:51 (eight years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plqu7wLhBeo
(until recently I thought this was a Hank Williams composition)
― hippie lady from california who loves that god (unregistered), Wednesday, 12 October 2016 02:52 (eight years ago)
this thread rules
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 12 October 2016 04:00 (eight years ago)
^ what my wife will say when she gets here. Thanks, everyone!
― ArchCarrier, Wednesday, 12 October 2016 05:45 (eight years ago)
Hi, Mrs. ArchCarrier here.
Maxine Sullivan - When Your Lover Has GoneGene Austen - My Blue HeavenDarby & Tarlton - My Father Died a Drunkard
These are good picks. The style is right.
I'm not looking for folk or country, but rather a more 'suave' style. It doesn't have to be English language. Something like 'Besame mucho' or a French, German or Italian song will do well, too. Something that people in the thirties and forties listened to when they had radio.
The song will be featured in a play about dementia. The scene's like this: the main character, suffering from severe dementia, remembers one of her favourite songs and starts singing. She really goes for it: this part will be staged with the character being young again, wearing a gorgeous dress and really believing she's a star singer. The song isn't a mainstream song or a children's song, something not widely known (but nevertheless very appealing to the audience). After a while the musical therapist interrupts and insists she joins the rest of the group in singing the well known classics.
More tips welcome!
― ArchCarrier, Wednesday, 12 October 2016 10:10 (eight years ago)
croony:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6l6vqPUM_FE
darker:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pqn7DD2r8mw
more glamorous:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I68BAS6AFNo
one of the most beautiful intros ever - there are versions of this with female singing, ella fitzgerald i think, but the music in this is better imo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_bH5RSlpBc
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Wednesday, 12 October 2016 10:28 (eight years ago)
might be at risk of going too far into dennis potter territory with this, but:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRF5D68e44Q
― no lime tangier, Friday, 14 October 2016 03:38 (eight years ago)