{"id":16463,"date":"2025-02-10T06:29:48","date_gmt":"2025-02-10T05:29:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=16463"},"modified":"2025-02-10T23:39:48","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T22:39:48","slug":"episode-332-ellabelle-davis-revisited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/10\/episode-332-ellabelle-davis-revisited\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 332. Ellabelle Davis Revisited"},"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 332.  Ellabelle Davis Revisited<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=1430-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\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-horizontal is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7e5fce0a wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link no-border-radius wp-element-button\" 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: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=\"705\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Toast-of-Three-Continents-705x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16746\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Toast-of-Three-Continents-705x1024.jpg 705w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Toast-of-Three-Continents-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Toast-of-Three-Continents-768x1115.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Toast-of-Three-Continents.jpg 961w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 705px) 100vw, 705px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Today I present the African American soprano Ellabelle Davis (1907-1960) who during the late 1940s and early 1950s was greatly celebrated as a concert singer and who appeared around the world, the \u201cToast of Three Continents\u201d as an early <em>Musical America <\/em>ad featuring the soprano proclaimed. She even appeared on the operatic stage, primarily as Aida, though her artistry was best suited to the concert platform. Additionally and unusually for the time, she made a number of recordings, including two 10-inch LPs for London-Decca records in 1950. During my research into Ellabelle Davis, I discovered that she had made a second series of recordings, a group of 78s for the Philips record company. I had assumed that, because of their format, these were earlier recordings, but upon further research, I found that these were recorded in 1952 with the Danish pianist Kjell Olsson (1917-1997) at the time of her final tour of Denmark. And to my surprise and delight, these included not only two sides of French art song, but also a disc of spirituals which she did not record elsewhere, and even the Brahms <em>Zigeunerlieder<\/em>, long a staple of her concert programs. In her day she was frequently written up in the <em>New York Times<\/em> and appeared repeatedly in high-profile concert appearances in the city, and even moreso, around the world. Yet her career was slowed by illness, and she died prematurely at the age of 53 of cancer, after attempting a career comeback the previous year. I present a number of her extant studio recordings and attempt to place her career within the context of larger social issues in the United States (and around the world) at that time, including considering why artists like Dorothy Maynor, Marian Anderson, and Davis herself, heavily promoted by the mainstream and celebrated for their modesty and dignity (always coded language!), were a more palatable counterpart for white audiences to more progressively-minded artists like Paul Robeson<\/p>\n\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\n<div style=\"height:55px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"831\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Ellabelle-Davis-altering-dress-for-Louise-Crane-831x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16747\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Ellabelle-Davis-altering-dress-for-Louise-Crane-831x1024.jpg 831w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Ellabelle-Davis-altering-dress-for-Louise-Crane-243x300.jpg 243w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Ellabelle-Davis-altering-dress-for-Louise-Crane-768x947.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Ellabelle-Davis-altering-dress-for-Louise-Crane.jpg 1212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 831px) 100vw, 831px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ellabelle Davis and her patron Louise Crane<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Traditional Spiritual, arr. John W. Work: I\u2019m Going to March Down to Jordan. Ellabelle Davis, Kjell Olsson [1952]<\/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-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"432\" height=\"760\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Ellabelle-Davis-with-pianist.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16760\" style=\"width:614px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Ellabelle-Davis-with-pianist.jpg 432w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Ellabelle-Davis-with-pianist-171x300.jpg 171w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Alfred Bachelet, Eug\u00e8ne Ad\u00e9nis-Colombeau: Ch\u00e8re nuit. Ellabelle Davis, Kjell Olsson [1952]<\/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=\"830\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Ellabelle-Davis-as-Aida-830x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16761\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Ellabelle-Davis-as-Aida-830x1024.jpg 830w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Ellabelle-Davis-as-Aida-243x300.jpg 243w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Ellabelle-Davis-as-Aida-768x947.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Ellabelle-Davis-as-Aida.jpg 1208w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 830px) 100vw, 830px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Alfredo Catalani, Luigi Illica: Ebben? ne andr\u00f2 lontana (<em>La Wally<\/em>). Ellabelle Davis, Warwick Braithwaite, The New Symphony Orchestra [1950]<\/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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"586\" height=\"760\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Ellabelle-Davis-with-Children.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16762\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Ellabelle-Davis-with-Children.jpg 586w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Ellabelle-Davis-with-Children-231x300.jpg 231w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 586px) 100vw, 586px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Traditional Spiritual, arr. Manny Oets: Were You There? Ellabelle Davis, Orchestra conducted by Victor Olof [1950]<\/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=\"808\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Ellabelle-Davis-with-Signature-808x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16759\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Ellabelle-Davis-with-Signature-808x1024.jpg 808w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Ellabelle-Davis-with-Signature-237x300.jpg 237w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Ellabelle-Davis-with-Signature-768x973.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Ellabelle-Davis-with-Signature.jpg 947w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 808px) 100vw, 808px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Johannes Brahms, Traditional Hungarian text adapted by Hugo Conrat [n\u00e9 Hugo Cohn]: Kommt dir manchmal in den Sinn (<em>Zigeuenerlieder<\/em>, Op. 103\/7). Ellabelle Davis, Kjell Olsson [1952]<\/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=\"716\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Ellabelle-Davis-Aida-716x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16758\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Ellabelle-Davis-Aida-716x1024.jpg 716w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Ellabelle-Davis-Aida-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Ellabelle-Davis-Aida-768x1098.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Ellabelle-Davis-Aida-1074x1536.jpg 1074w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Ellabelle-Davis-Aida-1432x2048.jpg 1432w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Ellabelle-Davis-Aida-1600x2288.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Ellabelle-Davis-Aida-scaled.jpg 1791w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 716px) 100vw, 716px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi, Joseph M\u00e9ry, Camille du Locle, Achille de Lauzi\u00e8res [Italian transation] [after Friedrich Schiller]: Tu che le vanit\u00e0 (<em>Don Carlo<\/em>). Ellabelle Davis, Warwick Braithwaite, The New Symphony Orchestra [1950]<\/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=\"830\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Ellabelle-Davis-formal-portrait3-830x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16757\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Ellabelle-Davis-formal-portrait3-830x1024.jpg 830w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Ellabelle-Davis-formal-portrait3-243x300.jpg 243w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Ellabelle-Davis-formal-portrait3-768x948.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Ellabelle-Davis-formal-portrait3.jpg 1213w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 830px) 100vw, 830px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Traditional Spiritual: I\u2019m A-Travelling to the Grave. Ellabelle Davis, Hubert Greenslade [1950]<\/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=\"841\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Ellabelle-Davis-formal-portrait7-smile-841x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16756\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Ellabelle-Davis-formal-portrait7-smile-841x1024.jpg 841w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Ellabelle-Davis-formal-portrait7-smile-247x300.jpg 247w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Ellabelle-Davis-formal-portrait7-smile-768x935.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Ellabelle-Davis-formal-portrait7-smile.jpg 1221w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 841px) 100vw, 841px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Traditional Spiritual: Good News. Ellabelle Davis, Hubert Greenslade [1950]<\/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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"633\" height=\"760\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Ellabelle-Davis-at-the-piano.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16755\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Ellabelle-Davis-at-the-piano.jpg 633w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Ellabelle-Davis-at-the-piano-250x300.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 633px) 100vw, 633px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Richard Strauss, Hermann von Gilm: Allerseelen, Op. 10\/8. Ellabelle Davis, Hubert Greenslade [1950]<\/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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"590\" height=\"760\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Ellabelle-Davis-and-Marian-Anderson.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16754\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Ellabelle-Davis-and-Marian-Anderson.jpg 590w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Ellabelle-Davis-and-Marian-Anderson-233x300.jpg 233w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ellabelle Davis and Marian Anderson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Traditional Spiritual, arr. Edward Boatner: Soon I Will Be Done. Ellabelle Davis, Kjell Olsson [1952]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"409\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Kjell-Olsson.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16749\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Kjell-Olsson.png 409w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Kjell-Olsson-245x300.png 245w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 409px) 100vw, 409px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kjell Olsson<\/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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"637\" height=\"760\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Ellabelle-Davis-boarding-plane.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Ellabelle-Davis-boarding-plane.jpg 637w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Ellabelle-Davis-boarding-plane-251x300.jpg 251w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 637px) 100vw, 637px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Henri Sauguet [n\u00e9 Henri-Pierre Poupard]: Berceuse cr\u00e9ole. Ellabelle Davis, Kjell Olsson [1952]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"875\" height=\"869\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Henri-Sauguet.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16751\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Henri-Sauguet.png 875w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Henri-Sauguet-300x298.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Henri-Sauguet-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Henri-Sauguet-768x763.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 875px) 100vw, 875px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Henri Sauguet<\/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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"492\" height=\"760\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Ellabelle-Davis-smiling.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16752\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Ellabelle-Davis-smiling.jpg 492w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Ellabelle-Davis-smiling-194x300.jpg 194w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 492px) 100vw, 492px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Franz Schubert, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Wanderers Nachtlied II, D. 768. Ellabelle Davis, Hubert Greenslade [1950]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"649\" height=\"839\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Ellabelle-Comeback.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16753\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Ellabelle-Comeback.png 649w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Ellabelle-Comeback-232x300.png 232w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 649px) 100vw, 649px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 332. 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