Word: chantress
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...vocal play and lengthy runs, reminiscent of the earliest tenor and bass airs in Part I of Handel's Messiah. These passages, like nearly all of the piece, were executed masterfully. Saffer in particular seemed the very bird described by her lines, "Sweet bird,.../ Most musical, most melancholy,/ Thee, chantress of the woods among,/ I woo to hear thy even song." Saffer's song floated through incredible trills and arpeggios which spanned several octaves without the slightest hint of effort. The choir, though little utilized in Handel's score, contributed a flawless, rich background for the soloists in music which...
Died. Chick Webb, 30, hunchbacked Negro swingmaster, who with Chantress Ella Fitzgerald made a nursery jingle (A-Tisket, A-Tasket) a national musicraze; after a urological operation; in Baltimore...
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