{"id":3214,"date":"2020-02-08T23:23:04","date_gmt":"2020-02-08T22:23:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=3214"},"modified":"2025-08-04T19:16:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T17:16:07","slug":"episode-21-charles-holland-black-history-month-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2020\/02\/08\/episode-21-charles-holland-black-history-month-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 21. Charles Holland (Black History Month II)"},"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\" 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srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Chuck-Holl.jpg 283w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Chuck-Holl-212x300.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 283px) 100vw, 283px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p> Today\u2019s episode, the second in my Black History Month series, is a tribute to the extraordinary African American tenor Charles Holland (1909-1987) whose career spanned more than four decades. Early appearances as a vocalist with the band of Luther Henderson and the Hall Johnson Negro Choir led to his Hollywood film debut and to appearances on the Broadway stage. In 1949, frustrated with the lack of career opportunities for an African American tenor, Charles Holland departed for Europe, where he enjoyed a distinguished career. Late in his life he experienced an extraordinary career resurgence through an association with American conductor Dennis Russell Davies, which led to his belated Carnegie Hall solo recital debut in 1982 at the age of 73, as well as serving as the inspiration for Laurie Anderson\u2019s surprise 1981 pop hit, <em>O Superman<\/em>. Musical excerpts include live and studio recordings over more than 40 years and a wide swath of genres. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer advgb-dyn-5a996784\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer advgb-dyn-af21a01c\"><\/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 advgb-dyn-13857eb0\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large advgb-dyn-242de0fe\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"742\" height=\"853\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Charles-Holland-singing-in-Hullabaloo.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3684\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Charles-Holland-singing-in-Hullabaloo.jpg 742w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Charles-Holland-singing-in-Hullabaloo-261x300.jpg 261w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 742px) 100vw, 742px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Charles Holland as the singing bellhop in <em>Hullabaloo<\/em> (1940)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:27px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer advgb-dyn-b08273c2\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Excerpt from Hullabaloo trailer<\/strong> (MGM, 1940) Charles Holland sings &#8220;Vesti la giubba&#8221; from <em>Pagliacci<\/em> by Ruggero Leoncavallo, followed by Frank Morgan singing a parody of Al Jolson singing &#8220;My Mammy&#8221; by Walter Donaldson, Joe Young, and Sam M. Lewis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:28px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer advgb-dyn-48379f42\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large advgb-dyn-35815e73\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"863\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Charles-Holland-in-Hullabaloo-1024x863.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3686\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Charles-Holland-in-Hullabaloo-1024x863.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Charles-Holland-in-Hullabaloo-300x253.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Charles-Holland-in-Hullabaloo-768x647.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Charles-Holland-in-Hullabaloo.jpg 1187w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Still from <em>Hullabaloo <\/em>(1940)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:27px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer advgb-dyn-b08273c2\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:28px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer advgb-dyn-48379f42\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex advgb-dyn-f0d8fa33\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"571\" data-id=\"3689\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Victor-78-Side-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3689\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Victor-78-Side-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Victor-78-Side-1-300x286.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"580\" data-id=\"3690\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Victor-78-Side-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3690\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Victor-78-Side-2.jpg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Victor-78-Side-2-300x290.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Spiritual, arr. Hall Johnson (1888-1970): Honor, Honor! (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/78_honor-honor_charles-holland-ralph-linsley-hall-johnson_gbia0158054a\" target=\"_blank\">Spiritual, arr. Hall Johnson (1888-1970): Honor, Honor!<\/a><\/strong>. With Ralph Linsley, piano.  Victor 4556-A (1940). One can hear the B-side of this 78 (<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/78_talk-about-a-child-that-do-love-jesus_charles-holland-ralph-linsley-william-l-daws_gbia0158054b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Talk About a Child That Do Love Jesus (opens in a new tab)\">Talk About a Child That Do Love Jesus<\/a><\/strong>) by the same arranger and performers by clicking on the link in the title.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:32px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer advgb-dyn-4c545ac8\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex advgb-dyn-934f6aca\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"596\" height=\"600\" data-id=\"3693\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/O-Superman.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3693\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/O-Superman.jpg 596w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/O-Superman-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/O-Superman-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 596px) 100vw, 596px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"737\" height=\"553\" data-id=\"3692\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Laurie-Anderson-O-Superman-video.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3692\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Laurie-Anderson-O-Superman-video.jpg 737w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Laurie-Anderson-O-Superman-video-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 737px) 100vw, 737px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" data-id=\"3691\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Laurie-Anderson-Big-Science.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3691\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Laurie-Anderson-Big-Science.jpg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Laurie-Anderson-Big-Science-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Laurie-Anderson-Big-Science-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Laurie Anderson: O Superman (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Vkfpi2H8tOE\" target=\"_blank\">Laurie Anderson: O Superman<\/a><\/strong>.  Laurie Anderson, Roma Baran, Perry Hoberman, performers.  Warner Bros. Records DWBS 49888 (1981).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:32px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer advgb-dyn-4c545ac8\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large advgb-dyn-f6b2f6f4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"593\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Fletcher-Henderson-1024x593.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3694\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Fletcher-Henderson-1024x593.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Fletcher-Henderson-300x174.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Fletcher-Henderson-768x445.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Fletcher-Henderson.jpg 1180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fletcher Henderson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer advgb-dyn-af21a01c\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Fletcher Henderson, Irving Mills, Ned Williams: Harlem Madness (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/bZkfcpRiKYs\" target=\"_blank\">Fletcher Henderson, Irving Mills, Ned Williams: Harlem Madness<\/a><\/strong>. Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra; Charles Holland, vocalist. Victor 21699 (1934). During his journeyman years, Charles Holland also performed with Benny Carter. His performance here is much stiffer than one might expect; he sounds like an opera singer that wandered into the wrong studio. But the voice, even at this early date, rings true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:60px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer advgb-dyn-377da97f\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large advgb-dyn-0f9d3e51\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Bernstein-Blitzstein-and-Robert-Shaw-at-recording.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3696\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Bernstein-Blitzstein-and-Robert-Shaw-at-recording.jpg 650w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Bernstein-Blitzstein-and-Robert-Shaw-at-recording-300x208.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(L to R) Leonard Bernstein, Marc Blitzstein, and Robert Shaw during the recording of<br><em>The Airborne Symphony<\/em>, October 1946<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer advgb-dyn-af21a01c\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Marc Blitzstein: Ballad of History and Mythology (The Airborne Symphony) (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ZpOtZukMxgI\" target=\"_blank\">Marc Blitzstein: Ballad of History and Mythology (<em>The Airborne Symphony<\/em>)<\/a><\/strong>. Charles Holland, tenor; the RCA Victor Chorale, Robert Shaw conductor; Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York City Symphony Orchestra. RCA Victor DM-1717 (1946). The amazing label Pristine Classical has issued <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"a remastered radio check of the second performance of The Airborne Symphony (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pristineclassical.com\/products\/pasc526\" target=\"_blank\">a remastered radio check of the second performance of <em>The Airborne Symphony<\/em><\/a><\/strong> which took place on 27 May 1946 and which features the composer as the narrator, referred to in the score as The Monitor. <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"This article on the American Symphony Orchestra's website  (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/americansymphony.org\/the-airborne-symphony\/\" target=\"_blank\">This article on the American Symphony Orchestra&#8217;s website <\/a><\/strong>provides a good introduction to the sometimes rousing, sometimes embarrassing piece.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex advgb-dyn-f0d8fa33\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"368\" data-id=\"3697\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Airborne-Coverr.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3697\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Airborne-Coverr.jpg 500w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Airborne-Coverr-300x221.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"375\" height=\"375\" data-id=\"3698\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Airborne-Radio-Check.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3698\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Airborne-Radio-Check.png 375w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Airborne-Radio-Check-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Airborne-Radio-Check-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:57px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer advgb-dyn-987d792a\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex advgb-dyn-b8310e36\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"653\" data-id=\"3700\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Four-Saints-first-cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Four-Saints-first-cover.jpg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Four-Saints-first-cover-276x300.jpg 276w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"592\" data-id=\"3701\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Four-Saints-sixties-reissue.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3701\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Four-Saints-sixties-reissue.jpg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Four-Saints-sixties-reissue-300x296.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Virgil Thomson, Gertrude Stein: Four Saints in Three Acts (two excerpts: Intermezzo and &#8220;Saint Ignatius might be admired for himself&#8221; Charles Holland (St. Chavez); Virgil Thomson conducting. RCA Victor,  LCT 1139; LM-2756 (1947). I have been unable to find a copy of this performance on YouTube, but as with the <em>Airborne Symphony<\/em>, I was able to find another fascinating<strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" radio performance, this one done for CBS Radio on 25 May 1947  (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kpfahistory.info\/music\/4_saints.html\" target=\"_blank\"> radio performance, this one done for CBS Radio on 25 May 1947 <\/a><\/strong>and featuring many members of the original cast. Since the complete cast list was not given, it&#8217;s not clear if Charles Holland is on this recording. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.loc.gov\/static\/programs\/national-recording-preservation-board\/documents\/FourSaintsInThreeActs.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"This article on the Library of Congress website (opens in a new tab)\">This article on the Library of Congress website<\/a><\/strong> provides a good background on the piece.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:44px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer advgb-dyn-d18e06f8\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-5 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex advgb-dyn-4d173d4b\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1010\" height=\"630\" data-id=\"3702\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Per-Pieta-Un-Aura.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3702\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Per-Pieta-Un-Aura.jpeg 1010w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Per-Pieta-Un-Aura-300x187.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Per-Pieta-Un-Aura-768x479.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1010px) 100vw, 1010px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1009\" height=\"595\" data-id=\"3703\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Un-aura.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3703\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Un-aura.jpeg 1009w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Un-aura-300x177.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Un-aura-768x453.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1009px) 100vw, 1009px\" \/><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption wp-element-caption\">These discs, both 33 and 45, are now rare commidities<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/pSvH9s-3rfs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Lorenzo da Ponte: Un'aura amorosa (Cos\u00ec fan tutte) (opens in a new tab)\">Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Lorenzo da Ponte: Un&#8217;aura amorosa (<em>Cos\u00ec fan tutte<\/em>)<\/a><\/strong>. Charles Holland (Ferrando); Arthur Goldschmidt conducting the  Orchestre de la Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 des concerts du Conservatoire. Path\u00e9 DT 1008 (1952).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:71px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer advgb-dyn-d00e3116\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large advgb-dyn-5f834b5b\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"455\" height=\"389\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Charles-Holland-as-Nadir.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3704\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Charles-Holland-as-Nadir.png 455w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Charles-Holland-as-Nadir-300x256.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 455px) 100vw, 455px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Charles Holland making up as Nadir at the Op\u00e9ra Comique , 1955<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer advgb-dyn-af21a01c\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Georges Bizet: Au fond du temple saint (Les p\u00eacheurs de perles) (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lVQRMKs5BuM\" target=\"_blank\">Georges Bizet: Au fond du temple saint (<em>Les p\u00eacheurs de perles<\/em>)<\/a><\/strong>. Charles Holland (Nadir) and Marco Bakker (Zurga). A telecast from The Netherlands, 1972.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large advgb-dyn-9cdf5b8a\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"793\" height=\"436\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Holland-and-Bakker.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3705\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Holland-and-Bakker.png 793w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Holland-and-Bakker-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Holland-and-Bakker-768x422.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 793px) 100vw, 793px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(L to R) Marco Bakker and Charles Holland, Dutch television 1972.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:61px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer advgb-dyn-229a064a\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Charles Holland in live performance:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large advgb-dyn-f5a105a2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Harry-de-Groot.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3713\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Harry-de-Groot.jpg 450w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Harry-de-Groot-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Dutch composer and conductor Harry de Groot (1924-2004); 1961 photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer advgb-dyn-af21a01c\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/XahjiiDk_So?t=1509\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Charles Gounod: Ah! L\u00e8ve-toi, soleil! (Rom\u00e9o et Juliette) (opens in a new tab)\">Charles Gounod: Ah! L\u00e8ve-toi, soleil! (<em>Rom\u00e9o et Juliette<\/em>)<\/a><\/strong>. Charles Holland (Rom\u00e9o); Harry de Groot conducting the Promenade Orkest, 20 July 1958.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer advgb-dyn-afe3be10\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large advgb-dyn-9d0b9126\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"789\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Leo-Driehuys.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Leo-Driehuys.jpg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Leo-Driehuys-228x300.jpg 228w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dutch conductor and oboist Leo Driehuys (1932-2019)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer advgb-dyn-af21a01c\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XahjiiDk_So&amp;feature=youtu.be&amp;t=475\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Richard Wagner: Morgenlich leuchtend (Die Meistersinger von N\u00fcrnberg) (opens in a new tab)\">Richard Wagner: Morgenlich leuchtend (<em>Die Meistersinger von N\u00fcrnberg<\/em>)<\/a><\/strong>. Charles Holland (Walther);  Leo Driehuys conducting the Promenade Orkest,  27 February 1966.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:23px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer advgb-dyn-1965d025\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-6 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex advgb-dyn-dea21138\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"145\" height=\"196\" data-id=\"3716\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Lack-P.-Loorij.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3716\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"242\" height=\"327\" data-id=\"3717\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Loorij.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3717\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Loorij.jpg 242w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Loorij-222x300.jpg 222w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 242px) 100vw, 242px\" \/><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption wp-element-caption\">Dutch conductor Jack P. Loorij (1911-1999)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer advgb-dyn-af21a01c\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"George Frideric Handel: Where'er You Walk (Semele) (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/XahjiiDk_So?t=1764\" target=\"_blank\">George Frideric Handel: Where&#8217;er You Walk (<em>Semele<\/em>)<\/a><\/strong>. Charles Holland (Jupiter);   Jack P. Loorij (1911-1999) conducting the Amsterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, 18 February 1971.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer advgb-dyn-db4b1242\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-7 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex advgb-dyn-f0d8fa33\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"597\" data-id=\"3708\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Charles-Holland-Jesus-Spirituals-Cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3708\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Charles-Holland-Jesus-Spirituals-Cover.jpg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Charles-Holland-Jesus-Spirituals-Cover-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Charles-Holland-Jesus-Spirituals-Cover-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"597\" data-id=\"3709\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Holland-Bonneau-Spirituals-45.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3709\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Holland-Bonneau-Spirituals-45.jpg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Holland-Bonneau-Spirituals-45-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Holland-Bonneau-Spirituals-45-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Charles Holland performs Spirituals accompanied by Jacqueline Bonneau<\/strong> (Path\u00e9 Records 45 ED 28 (<em>Cinq Negro-Spirituals exaltant l&#8217;arriv\u00e9e de Notre Seigneur J\u00e9sus-Christ sur la Terre<\/em>) and 45 ED 29 (<em>Cinq Negro-Spirituals<\/em>) (1954).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Traditional Spiritual, arr. Hall Johnson: New Born Again (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2bHltmbopww\" target=\"_blank\">Traditional Spiritual, arr. Hall Johnson: New Born Again<\/a><\/strong><br><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Traditional Spiritual, arr. Hall Johnson:  I Stood on de Ribber of Jerdan (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2ykVwQu1ygE\" target=\"_blank\">Traditional Spiritual, arr. Hall Johnson:  I Stood on de Ribber of Jerdan<\/a><\/strong><br><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"raditional Spiritual, arr. Hall Johnson:  Live a-Humble (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=101iD1jq4qM\" target=\"_blank\">Traditional Spiritual, arr. Hall Johnson:  Live a-Humble<\/a><\/strong><br><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Traditional Spiritual, arr. Roland Hayes:  Prepare Me One Body (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=C6EfySVm5I0\" target=\"_blank\">Traditional Spiritual, arr. Roland Hayes:  Prepare Me One Body<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer advgb-dyn-af21a01c\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-8 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex advgb-dyn-0e064ba8\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" data-id=\"3710\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Folder.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3710\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Folder.jpg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Folder-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Folder-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"468\" height=\"468\" data-id=\"3720\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/My-Lord.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/My-Lord.jpg 468w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/My-Lord-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/My-Lord-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px\" \/><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption wp-element-caption\">The  big comeback record, 1982<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer advgb-dyn-a1f5334f\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Hall Johnson, Langston Hughes: Fi-Yer. Charles Holland, tenor; Dennis Russell Davies, piano. from <em>My Lord What a Mornin&#8217; <\/em>(1750 Arch Records S-1796), 1982. The American pianist Ann Sears, who has done much to promote African American art song, has written the following about Fi-Yer:  &#8220;<em>Fi-yer!<\/em> is a setting of a Langston Hughes poem which draws from both spiritual texts and work songs. The singer of this song has sinned and knows it; fire is going to burn him, and the listener has to decide whether it is a cleansing fire that will be enough to take him to Heaven, or whether it is the everlasting fires of Hell. Johnson omitted the verse of Hughes&#8217;s poem which might have made the singer&#8217;s end clearer: &#8220;I been stealin&#8217;,\/Been tellin&#8217; lies,\/ Had more women\/Than Pharaoh had wives.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer advgb-dyn-af21a01c\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-9 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex advgb-dyn-b8310e36\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"468\" height=\"468\" data-id=\"3711\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Linvitation-au-voyage-cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3711\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Linvitation-au-voyage-cover.jpg 468w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Linvitation-au-voyage-cover-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Linvitation-au-voyage-cover-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"490\" height=\"500\" data-id=\"3719\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/MHS-Invitation.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3719\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/MHS-Invitation.jpg 490w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/MHS-Invitation-294x300.jpg 294w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer advgb-dyn-af21a01c\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Charles Holland and Dennis Russell Davies perform three<\/strong> <strong><em>m\u00e9lodies <\/em>by Gabriel Faur\u00e9 <\/strong>(from <em>L&#8217;invitation au voyage<\/em>, Musical Heritage Society 512289Y, 1988).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Clair de lune, Op. 46\/2<br>En sourdine, Op. 58\/2 (from the <em>Cinq m\u00e9lodies de Venise<\/em>)<br>Apr\u00e8s un r\u00eave, Op. 7\/1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 21. Charles Holland (Black History Month II) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today\u2019s episode, the second in my Black History&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3678,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[420,808],"tags":[973,961,997,977,981,971,296,599,996,994,957,983,995,993,969,974,959,588,280,976,966,970,982,953,960,986,28,992,963,985,972,432,989,937,979,984,962,990,964,978,958,991,965,567,601,316,438,430,968,975],"class_list":["post-3214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-african-american-opera-singers","category-needle-drop","tag-airborne-symphony","tag-al-jolson","tag-apres-un-reve","tag-arthur-goldschmidt","tag-au-fond-du-temple-saint","tag-benny-carter","tag-charles-gounod","tag-charles-holland","tag-cinq-melodies-de-venise","tag-clair-de-lune","tag-dennis-russell-davies","tag-die-meistersinger-von-nurnberg","tag-en-sourdine","tag-fi-yer","tag-fletcher-henderson","tag-four-saints-in-three-acts","tag-frank-morgan","tag-gabriel-faure","tag-george-frideric-handel","tag-gertrude-stein","tag-hall-johnson","tag-harlem-madness","tag-harry-de-groot","tag-honor-honor","tag-hullabaloo-1940","tag-jack-p-loorij","tag-bonneau","tag-langston-hughes","tag-laurie-anderson","tag-leo-driehuys","tag-leonard-bernstein","tag-les-pecheurs-de-perles","tag-live-a-humble","tag-marc-blitzstein","tag-marco-bakker","tag-morgenlich-leuchtend","tag-my-mammy","tag-new-born-again","tag-o-superman","tag-orchestre-de-la-societe-des-concerts-du-conservatoire","tag-peanuts-holland","tag-prepare-me-one-body","tag-ralph-linsey","tag-robert-shaw","tag-roland-hayes","tag-romeo-et-juliette","tag-semele","tag-spirituals","tag-talk-about-a-child-that-do-love-jesus","tag-virgil-thomson"],"author_meta":{"display_name":"admin","author_link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/author\/admin\/"},"featured_img":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Charles-Holland-as-Nadir-cropped-for-image-300x122.png","coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/african-american-opera-singers\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">African American Opera Singers<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/needle-drop\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Needle Drop<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">African American Opera Singers<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Needle Drop<\/span>"]},"tags":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/needle-drop\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Airborne Symphony<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/needle-drop\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Al Jolson<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/needle-drop\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Apr\u00e8s un r\u00eave<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/needle-drop\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Arthur 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