Word: songful
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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When he wrote those words and set them to music last month, Brazilian Composer Geraldo Vandré had more than a song in his heart. He comes from the nation's impoverished Northeast, and he gave voice in Caminhando (Walking) to the growing impatience of millions of Brazilians with the way the military is running-or not running-the country. Overnight Caminhando became a hit. Taunting the regime, Brazilians sang it in the streets, hummed it in the favelas, and pushed it for an international prize...
...year's end, their 35-member troupe will have played enough college and town dates to gross around $1,500,000. Wherever they stop, they give completely. "We simply try to do a little more than required," says Sam. "If this means we have to sing one song for 50 minutes, then we sing the song for 50 minutes." That may seem terribly long, but when Sam & Dave pound out Hold on, I'm Comin', even 50 minutes seem too short for the fans...
...DREAM, HIS REST, by John Berryman; Farrar, Straus & Giroux; $6.50. All sections quoted are copyright by John Berryman. Dream Song 172 appears through the courtesy of Farrar, Straus & Giroux...
...DREAM SONG NUMBER...
...have uncommonly fine melodies and all are at least a notch above average musically, sometimes they add little to dramatic values clearly evident in the book and staging. Neither of Zorba's solos tell us much we don't already know about the character at the time of the songs. (As with their past projects, Kander and Ebb's biggest difficulty this time is their occasional loss for a solid song idea.) Perhaps if they find the right approach for a Zorba number in the first act, the burden on the book would be eased--thereby permitting some necessary cutting...