Word: wandern
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...first song, "Das Wandern," in the sturdy key of G major, gave Nomura the opportunity to impressus with his artistry and musicality, as the lyrics describe the unrequired lover's dramatically changing emotional states. Nomura has a tremendous stage presence, quite an expressive face, and a sensitive ear for embellishments, yet his sound was on the wan side. With the strong tonal shift to A minor and major in songs 5 through 10, Nomura missed the opportunity for dramatic foreshadowing of the impending tragedy of the fair maid's rejection. His gentle and under-supported treatment left the audience waiting...
...British roam the moors, the heaths and the braes; Swiss and French scale the Alps, while Arab and Hindu plod weary miles to reach Mecca or the Ganges. To the German, however, the act, and not the object of the journey, is what counts. German doctors and orthopedists recommend wandern as good for the heart, lungs, legs and circulation. German sociologists inquire anxiously on questionnaires, "Do you walk with your wife?" -presumably on the theory that togetherness begins along the trail. German scholars account for the national wanderlust with learned references to Goethe and the 19th century romantics, who originally...
...program follows: Peg-a-Ramsay Anon So sweet is she Anon Tobacco Hume Song of Momus to Mars Boyee A Kiss I begged Gamble She never told her love Haydn I'll sail upon the Dog-star Purcell Todtengrabers Heimweh Schubert Das Wandern Schubert (Solo and Chorus) Sea Shanties A-Roving (Capstan Shanty) Haul away Joe (Fore-sheet Shanty) What shall we do with the drunken sailor (Runaway Shanty) Shenandosh (Capstan Shanty) Billy Boy (Capstan Shanty) Hullabaloo belay (Harvards Shanty...
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