{"id":13627,"date":"2024-01-14T09:29:19","date_gmt":"2024-01-14T08:29:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=13627"},"modified":"2025-07-29T10:49:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T08:49:07","slug":"episode-234-david-savran-introduces-carol-brice-listeners-favorites-v","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/14\/episode-234-david-savran-introduces-carol-brice-listeners-favorites-v\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 234. David Savran Introduces Carol Brice (Listeners\u2019 Favorites V)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"mega-menu-wrap-primary\" class=\"mega-menu-wrap\"><div class=\"mega-menu-toggle\"><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-left\"><\/div><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-center\"><\/div><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-right\"><div class='mega-toggle-block mega-menu-toggle-animated-block mega-toggle-block-1' id='mega-toggle-block-1'><button aria-label=\"Menu\" class=\"mega-toggle-animated mega-toggle-animated-slider\" type=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"mega-menu-primary\">\n                  <span class=\"mega-toggle-animated-box\">\n                    <span class=\"mega-toggle-animated-inner\"><\/span>\n                  <\/span>\n                <\/button><\/div><\/div><\/div><ul id=\"mega-menu-primary\" class=\"mega-menu max-mega-menu mega-menu-horizontal mega-no-js\" data-event=\"hover_intent\" data-effect=\"slide\" data-effect-speed=\"200\" data-effect-mobile=\"slide\" data-effect-speed-mobile=\"200\" data-mobile-force-width=\"body\" data-second-click=\"go\" data-document-click=\"collapse\" data-vertical-behaviour=\"standard\" data-breakpoint=\"600\" data-unbind=\"true\" data-mobile-state=\"collapse_all\" data-mobile-direction=\"vertical\" data-hover-intent-timeout=\"300\" data-hover-intent-interval=\"100\"><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-menu-item-home mega-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout mega-menu-item-19160\" id=\"mega-menu-item-19160\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/\">Home<\/a><\/li><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout mega-menu-item-19161\" id=\"mega-menu-item-19161\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/about-daniel\/\">About Daniel<\/a><\/li><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-current_page_parent mega-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout mega-menu-item-19171\" id=\"mega-menu-item-19171\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/all-episodes\/\">All Episodes<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Episode 234.  Carol Brice (Black History Month 2021 &#8211; V)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=985-podcast&amp;powerpress_player=mediaelement-audio\" title=\"Blubrry Podcast Player\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>SOCIAL SHARE<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><strong>SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-social-links 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href=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/\">SUBSCRIBE VIA YOUR FAVORITE PODCAST PLATFORM<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"572\" height=\"831\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/CBrice-CVVechten-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13677\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/CBrice-CVVechten-1.png 572w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/CBrice-CVVechten-1-206x300.png 206w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 572px) 100vw, 572px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>This Listeners\u2019 Favorites episode serves a dual purpose: first it is a celebration the publication this week of my partner David Savran\u2019s new book, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/global.oup.com\/academic\/product\/tell-it-to-the-world-9780190249533?cc=us&amp;lang=en&amp;\">Tell It to the World: The Broadway Musical Abroad<\/a><\/em>, by Oxford University Press. (I\u2019ll be doing two episodes with David on this book in March in conjunction with the book launch.) Second, David introduces us to one of his favorite Countermelody episodes, a 2021 Black History Month celebration of the life, voice, and career of the great African American contralto Carol Brice (1916-1985), whose career encompassed both Broadway and opera. It\u2019s that very versatility that most attracted David to Brice\u2019s work. He describes to us his first exposure to a variety of her recordings, from Falla to <em>Finian\u2019s Rainbow<\/em>. I myself first heard Carol Brice in her recording of \u201cSweet Little Jesus Boy,\u201d which exemplifies all her musical virtues: simplicity and directness of utterance, lack of sentimentality, and deep identification with both text and music. Add to this a voice of such depth and refinement and a technique so secure that she is almost without equal. From her early career outings as the first African American to win the coveted Naumburg Award, through her appearances on the Broadway stage and in <em>Porgy and Bess<\/em>, Carol Brice brought an emotional honesty to her performances such as is rarely encountered in any field of genre. On this episode I feature her in a wide range of live and commercial recordings from Marc Blitzstein\u2019s <em>Regina<\/em> to concert pieces by Brahms and Mahler, focusing in particular on a matchless 1947 song recital with her brother Jonathan Brice as her collaborator. Brice\u2019s second husband, the baritone Thomas Carey is also featured in a pair of recordings. Thank you, David, for re-introducing my listeners to this great artist, and congratulations on your monumental new book!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Savran-in-Chemnitz-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13678\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Savran-in-Chemnitz-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Savran-in-Chemnitz-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Savran-in-Chemnitz-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Savran-in-Chemnitz-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Savran-in-Chemnitz.jpg 1316w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">David Savran in Chemnitz. Photo by &#8220;moi!&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:47px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-custom-size\" style=\"font-size:30px\"><strong> RECORDINGS HEARD IN THIS EPISODE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"468\" height=\"468\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Carol-Debut-Recording.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6829\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Carol-Debut-Recording.jpg 468w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Carol-Debut-Recording-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Carol-Debut-Recording-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:55px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Traditional Spiritual, arr. Edward H. Boatner: On My Journey. Carol Brice; Jonathan Brice [1947]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"382\" height=\"478\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-1172.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6832\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-1172.png 382w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-1172-240x300.png 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 382px) 100vw, 382px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Carol and Jonathan Brice<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Sarti: Lungi dal caro bene. Carol Brice; Jonathan Brice [1947]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"526\" height=\"393\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-1137.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6834\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-1137.png 526w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-1137-300x224.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 526px) 100vw, 526px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Frederick John Easthope Martin, Helen Taylor: Come to the Fair. Carol Brice [V-Disc, released May 1946]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"379\" height=\"389\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-1160.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6833\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-1160.png 379w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-1160-292x300.png 292w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 379px) 100vw, 379px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Johann Sebastian Bach: Esurientes implevit bonis (<em>Magnificat<\/em>, BWV 243). Carol Brice; Daniel Saidenberg, Columbia Broadcasting Concert Orchestra [1947]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"603\" height=\"553\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BBK.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6835\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BBK.png 603w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BBK-300x275.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 603px) 100vw, 603px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Leonard Bernstein, Carol Brice, and Serge Koussevitzky<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Johannes Brahms, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Ist auf deinem Psalter (<em>Alt-Rhapsodie<\/em>, Op. 53). Carol Brice; Serge Koussevitzky, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Tanglewood Festival Chorus (dir. Robert Shaw) [live Tanglewood 03 August 1946]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"291\" height=\"358\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-1162.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6836\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-1162.png 291w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-1162-244x300.png 244w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 291px) 100vw, 291px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Manuel de Falla, Gregorio Mart\u00ednez Sierra: Canci\u00f3n del amor dolido (<em>El amor brujo<\/em>). Carol Brice; Fritz Reiner, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra [1946]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"391\" height=\"569\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-1176.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6837\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-1176.png 391w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-1176-206x300.png 206w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 391px) 100vw, 391px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Manuel de Falla, Th\u00e9ophile Gautier: S\u00e9guedille (<em>Trois m\u00e9lodies<\/em>, No. 3). Carol Brice; Jonathan Brice [1947]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"335\" height=\"333\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-1143.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6838\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-1143.png 335w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-1143-300x298.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-1143-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 335px) 100vw, 335px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fritz Reiner and Carol Brice<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Gustav Mahler: Die zwei blauen Augen von meinem Schatz (<em>Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen<\/em>, No. 4). Carol Brice; Fritz Reiner, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra [1947]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"256\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-1139.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6839\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-1139.png 256w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-1139-202x300.png 202w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jonathan Brice<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Robert Franz, Wilhelm Osterwald: Im Fr\u00fchling, Op. 17\/5. Carol Brice; Jonathan Brice [1947]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"642\" height=\"842\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Lucretia-West.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6830\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Lucretia-West.jpg 642w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Lucretia-West-229x300.jpg 229w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lucretia West (1922-2022)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Franz Schubert, Friedrich von Matthison: Geistertanz, D. 117. Lucretia West; Leo Taubmann [1955]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"468\" height=\"468\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/West-Schubert.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6840\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/West-Schubert.jpg 468w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/West-Schubert-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/West-Schubert-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"335\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Jean-Berger.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6841\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Jean-Berger.jpg 335w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Jean-Berger-287x300.jpg 287w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 335px) 100vw, 335px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jean Berger (1909-2002)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Jean Berger (n\u00e9 Arthur Schlo\u00dfberg): They All Dance the Samba. Carol Brice; Jonathan Brice [1947]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Carpenter-668x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6842\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Carpenter-668x1024.jpg 668w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Carpenter-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Carpenter-768x1177.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Carpenter-1002x1536.jpg 1002w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Carpenter.jpg 1293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 668px) 100vw, 668px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">John Alden Carpenter (1876-1951)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>John Alden Carpenter, Rabindranath Tagore: The Day Is No More. Carol Brice; Jonathan Brice [1947]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Blitzstein2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6843\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Blitzstein2.jpg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Blitzstein2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Blitzstein2-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Marc Blitzstein (1905-1964)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Marc Blitzstein: Miss Birdie, ma\u2019am&#8230; Night could be time to sleep (<em>Regina<\/em>). Carol Brice, Elisabeth Carron; Samuel Krachmalnick, New York City Opera Orchestra [1958]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"573\" height=\"855\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Brice-Saratora-Recording-Session.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6844\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Brice-Saratora-Recording-Session.jpg 573w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Brice-Saratora-Recording-Session-201x300.jpg 201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 573px) 100vw, 573px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer: Gettin\u2019 a Man (<em>Saratoga<\/em>). Carol Brice, Odette Myrtil; Orchestra conducted by Jerry Arlen [1959]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"245\" height=\"306\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-1156.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6845\" style=\"width:413px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-1156.png 245w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-1156-240x300.png 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 245px) 100vw, 245px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Carol Brice and Tun Tun in <em>Saratoga<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer: Goose Never Be a Peacock (<em>Saratoga<\/em>). Carol Brice; Orchestra conducted by Jerry Arlen [1959]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"583\" height=\"387\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Finian.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6846\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Finian.png 583w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Finian-300x199.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 583px) 100vw, 583px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Burton Lane, Yip Harburg: Necessity (<em>Finian\u2019s Rainbow<\/em>). Carol Brice; Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Max Meth [1960]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"470\" height=\"363\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-1146.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6847\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-1146.png 470w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-1146-300x232.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The cast of <em>The Grass Harp<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Claibe Richardson, Kenward Elmslie: If There\u2019s Enough Love (<em>The Grass Harp<\/em>). Carol Brice; Orchestra conducted by Theodore Saidenberg [live New York 06 November 1971]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"607\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Claibe.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6848\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Claibe.jpg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Claibe-297x300.jpg 297w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Claibe Richardson (1929-2003)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Claibe Richardson, Kenward Elmslie: Marry with Me (<em>The Grass Harp<\/em>). Carol Brice; Orchestra conducted by Jonathan Tunick<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"307\" height=\"429\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Kenward.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6849\" style=\"width:477px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Kenward.jpg 307w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Kenward-215x300.jpg 215w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 307px) 100vw, 307px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kenward Elmslie (1929-2022)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"585\" height=\"391\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-1154.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6851\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-1154.png 585w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-1154-300x201.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 585px) 100vw, 585px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Carol Brice and Larry Marshall in <em>Porgy and Bess<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, Ira Gershwin: What do you think you\u2019re doing&#8230; I hates yo\u2019 struttin\u2019 style (<em>Porgy and Bess<\/em>). Carol Brice, Larry Marshall; John DeMain, Houston Grand Opera [1976]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"585\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-1153.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6850\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-1153.png 585w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-1153-300x197.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 585px) 100vw, 585px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"430\" height=\"467\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-1166.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6852\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-1166.png 430w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-1166-276x300.png 276w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 430px) 100vw, 430px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Thomas Carey (1931 &#8211; 2002)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Traditional Spiritual, arr. Roland Hayes: Sister Mary Had-a But One Child. Thomas Carey; Urs Schneider, N\u00fcrnberger Symphoniker [1970]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"336\" height=\"476\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-1165.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-1165.png 336w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-1165-212x300.png 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Stephen Foster: I Dream of Jeannie with the Light Brown Hair. Thomas Carey; Thomas Carey; Urs Schneider, N\u00fcrnberger Symphoniker [1970]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"349\" height=\"562\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-1163.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6854\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-1163.png 349w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-1163-186x300.png 186w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 349px) 100vw, 349px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Stephen Foster: Ah! May that Red Rose Live Alway. Carol Brice; Jonathan Brice [1947]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"590\" height=\"830\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Carol-Brice-Print-Ad.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6855\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Carol-Brice-Print-Ad.jpg 590w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Carol-Brice-Print-Ad-213x300.jpg 213w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Traditional Spiritual, arr. Hall Johnson: Witness. Carol Brice; Jonathan Brice [1947]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"471\" height=\"316\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-1164.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6856\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-1164.png 471w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-1164-300x201.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 471px) 100vw, 471px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Robert MacGimsey: Sweet Little Jesus Boy. Carol Brice; Jonathan Brice [1947]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"451\" height=\"332\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-1141.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6857\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-1141.png 451w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screenshot-1141-300x221.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 451px) 100vw, 451px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Betty Allen (1927 &#8211; 2009), Lawrence Winters (1915 &#8211; 1965), and Carol Brice<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Charles Albert Tindley, Lucille Simmons: We Shall Overcome. Carol Brice; Male Quartet [recording details unknown]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 234. 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