Word: sung
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Folk or folk-type songs such as the delightful Songs to Grow On (Folkways LP), written and sung by Folk Singer Woody Guthrie. or the appealing Songs from "Music for Living" (Columbia). ¶ Educational records such as Soundbooks' Pueblo Indians or Songbirds of America...
William Byrd & His Age (Alfred Deller; Basel's Wenzinger Consort of Viols; Vanguard). Music from the golden age of English music (16th-17th centuries) sung in the round, slightly hooty but flexible alto of famed Countertenor Deller. Once the listener becomes adjusted to antique shifts of harmony, the music becomes extremely poignant. But countertenors-male voices that have been trained to sing in the falsetto range, but with more than falsetto power and resonance-are less easily adjusted to. for their tones sound sexless and unsettling...
...weeks at a seaside bungalow called "Goldeneye" on Jamaica's north coast, Britain's crisis-weary Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden tried to forget all about the Suez Canal and environs by listening to the personalized serenade of a local calypso band. Sample of the topical lyrics sung...
...Magnificent Seven (Toho; Columbia). Arms and the men have seldom been more stirringly sung than in this tale of bold emprise in old Nippon. In his latest film, Akira Kurosawa (Rashomon) has plucked the epic string. And though at times, in the usual Japanese fashion, some dismal flats and rather hysterical sharps can be heard, the lay of this Oriental minstrel has a martial thrum and fervor that should be readily understood even in those parts of the world that do not speak the story's language. Violence, as Kurosawa eloquently speaks it, is a universal language...
...Basso Cesare Siepi. To little avail. Of the four stars, nobody sang well in Act I, and Milanov appeared to be suffering from dizziness, staggering and finally getting herself planted before starting to sing. Vocally, she was plagued by an excruciatingly bad sense of pitch, although she had sung her role commendably in the dress rehearsal. Her loyal supporters wore lapel buttons reading "Viva Zinka!", but it did not help...