INDIAN SUMMER A 1930 song by Victor Herbert who was essentially an operetta composer who wrote in a Viennese musical style like Rudolph Friml, Sigmund Romberg and Franz Lehar. According to Alec Wilder, the intrepid analyst of classical American popular song, this is the only song Herbert wrote that was devoid of European influences and most melodic . It was based on a piano piece to which Al Dubin provided the graceful lyrics.
Indian Summer is a purely American song and is sung by singer/guitarist John Pixxafrelli with a wonderful accompaniment by pianist George Shearing. The harmonies could have been written by French impressionist Maurice Ravel or Claude Debussy or even the English composer Frederick Delius.
https://youtu.be/wHx2hW8LUQg
Sunday 28 October 2018
Sunday 7 October 2018
Autumn in New York- A tribute in song to that most glorious of the seasons.
The music and words are by Vernon Duke ( born Vladimir Dukelsky in Minsk, Russia. He was a celebrated Russian composer of classical music, ballets, symphonies and concerti who emigrated to the USA. He began to write challenging and sophisticated [poplu;ar somgs encouraged by George Gershwin who also suggested a name change less foreign han his Russian namesake.
The soprano Dawn Upshaw recorded an album of Duke songs ,includingapril In Paris and Autumn in New York.
https://youtu.be/UXpqUUSHFNE
The music and words are by Vernon Duke ( born Vladimir Dukelsky in Minsk, Russia. He was a celebrated Russian composer of classical music, ballets, symphonies and concerti who emigrated to the USA. He began to write challenging and sophisticated [poplu;ar somgs encouraged by George Gershwin who also suggested a name change less foreign han his Russian namesake.
The soprano Dawn Upshaw recorded an album of Duke songs ,includingapril In Paris and Autumn in New York.
https://youtu.be/UXpqUUSHFNE
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