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June Conference Questionnaire Results, William C. Clayton

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

Attendees at the June conference were asked to respond to a questionnaire evaluating various aspects of the conference in the hope of making future events even more enjoyable. We thought that you might want to know members' reactions to various facets of the event. The rankings were based on a scale of excellent, very good, good, poor, very poor.

A Supplement To Jussi About The December 17, 1953 Faust, Karl Hekler

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

(The following report is an excellent supplement to the account of Jussi's vocal problems of December 1953 on page 246 of Jussi. The previous chapter, "Faust in Tails," dealt with Jussi's successful 1953 Metropolitan opening night in Faust - and his thoughts about the infamous new production directed by Peter Brook. After three successful performances with an all-star cast, Jussi had to drop out of the fourth performance on December 17th after the first act. JBS member Karl Hekler was there, and he offers this stirring account.)

A Note From Bertil Bengtsson, Bertil Bengtsson

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

As many of you know, Berti Bengtsson is one of our youngest genuine c::, experts on Jussi Bjorling's life and art- a true Jussicologist. In past . , summers he has assisted Harald Henrysson at the Borlange Museet, and many of us have met him there. Recently he wrote to us from Mora, a small town about 100 miles northwest of Borlange, to tell us about his current work at the Anders Zorn Museet.

Order Your Videotapes Of The June 1999 Jbs Conference

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

For JBS members who missed our June event and for members who attended and want a souvenir of our sessions, we are happy to announce that a set of 2 extended play tapes is now available. The tapes contain 10 hours of the conference with essentially complete presentations by speakers Don Goldberg, Harald Henrysson, Mary Jane Phillips-Matz, Eric Wimbles, Andrew Farkas and Anders Bjorling. Lightly-edited Q/A sessions after the talks are also included as is footage of two panel discussions chaired by Walter Rudolph and featuring Cornell MacNeil along with Farkas, Phillips-Matz, Henrysson and Goldberg in wide-ranging discussions on Jussi's …

Plans For A Mini-Conference In New York On August 20, 2000, Dan Shea

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

After the success of our June conference in Washington, our New York City members are eager to see something similar organized in the Big Apple. As a modest first event, our Board of Directors has offered to sponsor a one-day conference on August 20, 2000, with a simple agenda: perhaps two main talks by well known speakers and a roundtable panel led by singers who worked closely with Jussi. Considerable time would be left free for discussion by enthusiasts, and we'd hope to find some publicity and new supporters for our Society.

A Jbs-Usa Excursion ("Lightly-Structured") To Sweden In June 2000

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

Some of us are going to Sweden in June 2000. Consider joining us! A few of us Mickey and Bill Dove, Bill Clayton, and Dan Shea - have started making plans for our own trip to Stockholm and Borlange next spring. We're very pleased with the basic shape of our plans, and we decided that other JBS members might like to join us for some or all of this trip.

Into 2000: Honoring Our "Singer Of The Century' Some Proposals From Your Board Of Directors., Bill Clayton, Mickey Dove, Bill Dove, Tom Hines, Dan Shea

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

Jussi Bjorling's vocal magic seems to be conferring some blessings on our Society.

From The Editor's Desk, Mickey Dove

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

As we approach the end of 1999 and JBS' second year of operation, we can look back with satisfaction on what we as a Society have accomplished during this past year:

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Sam & Dave’S Brass Extravaganza, October 25, 2021 [Program], University Of Northern Iowa. School Of Music.

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Program of a music recital given by faculty, students, or guest artists from the School of Music at the University of Northern Iowa.

To The Question Of The Specificity Of The Sound Director's Work In The Recording Of Traditional Music, Akbar Mirzayev

Eurasian music science journal

Relatively recently, the professional creative activity of musicians has developed the profession of sound director, the accumulated practical experience and the formed historical and theoretical base of this specialization reveals a number of signs allowing to speak about the specificity of this activity. It is no accident that there are obvious differences in the phonograms, that every sound director has a number of individual qualities that allow to speak about the creative nature of the profession.

The growing demand for sound directors, the popularity of the profession, is an impetus for researchers. Today, the scientific-theoretical understanding of the creative process …

Junior Recital, October 24, 2021, Alli Loyd, Valen Pao

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October 24, 2021

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Wind Symphony Fall Concert, Andrews University

Concerts and Event Programs 2021-2022

Andrews University Wind Symphony under the direction of Byron Graves presents

Hands Across the Sea.

2021-2022 Philharmonia No. 1, Lynn University Conservatory Of Music, Guillermo Figueroa, Sheng Yuan Kuan

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Philharmonia No. 1

• October 23, 2021 at 7:30 PM and October 24, 2021 at 4:00 PM
• Guillermo Figueroa, music director and conductor ; Sheng-Yuan Kuan, piano
• Overture to Tannhäuser / Richard Wagner -- Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major, op. 73 ("Emperor") / Ludwig van Beethoven -- Symphony No. 9 in E-flat Major, op. 70 / Dmitri Shostakovich

Corrections To Our Last Issue

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

Apologies to our readers for the following typographical errors: "Marveille" should have been "Merveille;" Thomas is not "Haywood" but "Hayward;" And of course Chile, the country, ends with an 'e' not an 'i."

Can You Help

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

At the June 1999 Conference in Washington, DC, several audio tapes by George Jellinek were on display at the registration table. It appears that someone inadvertently picked up several of the tapes which we need to have returned so that we might share them with everyone. If you accidentally picked up a tape, please return it Florence Dove, 109 Melrose Road, Broad Brook, CT 06016. Your cooperation is appreciated!

Shall We Show Them?, Howard Taubman

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

Jussi Bjoerling, when at the top of his form, could pour out tones that compared favorably with any of the strong-voiced tenors I have ever heard whether Giocomo Lauri-Volpi, Giovanni Martinelli, Mario Del Monaco or even, I sometimes thought, Caruso. Bjoerling was a guest once at the Dutch Treat Oub and noticed that in the gathering were Richard Crooks, Charles Kullman and Frederick Jagel, all tenor colleagues at the Met. As he rose to sing, he whispered mischievously, "Shall we show them?" Whereupon he sang Che gelida manina and ended with a high C of such beauty and power that …

Some Thoughts About Jussi Bjoerling: Notes To The Lp Rococo No. 5304 "Jussi Bjoerling Volume V", Helen E. Hatton

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

six of the great singers of this century had a common factor aside from their voices. Caruso, Galli-Curci, Gluck, McCormack, Tauber and Bjoerling were loved by scores of people who were never inside an opera house. Gigli too had this quality but on a more nationalistic basis. The popularity of the first four is understandable in relation to their era. Entertainment was largely homemade, or supplied by phonographs, and a yearly concert by the personification of a recorded voice was a memorable event. Tauber had the advantage of film and radio exposure. That Jussi Bjoerling's many concerts were crowded by …

Recent Fund Drive A Success!

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

As you may recall, we members of the Board of Directors of JBS sent out a request for contributions to support some of your Society's most pressing needs at this time. We were very much heartened by the warm response. As a result of your generosity, $2425 is now available to support our scholarship fund ($1250), upgrade our web site $625), and advertise our Society to increase membership ($550). The success of our Society will always depend upon you, our members; thank you for this demonstration of your support.

Test Your Knowledge, Tom Hines

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

1. In the 1937 film, "Fram for Framgang," Jussi sang (in Swedish) a famous Rossini folksong that got him into serious trouble with the Stockholm police: he slipped into the radio station and illegally broadcast this number to the nation! Which Rossini song did Jussi sing at the beginning of this film? For extra credit, what Verdi aria did Jussi sing (also in Swedish) while standing in his sailboat later in the film?

On A Desert Island With Jussi, William C. Clayton

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

The bad news is that you and your million-dollar yacht have foundered somewhere in the South Seas. The good news is that, as you groggily come to on a stretch of sandy beach, you see beside you a precious waterproof package. No, it is not potable water, nor is it food or clothing or matches. It is something far more precious- your Walkman, a goodly supply of AA batteries, and, yes, your tape of Ten Indispensable Items by the Beloved Bjorling. Now you know that you will survive, for no vagaries of wind, weather, or lack of wherewithal can overcome …

"Please Mr. Bjorling, May I Use Your Christian Name?'', Elisabeth Soderstrom

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

One December day in 1959 in New York I was interviewed for the radio by an American reporter. He asked me, among other things: ''Miss Soederstroem, what do you consider to be the goal of your career?" I had made my debut at the Metropolitan Opera a few months earlier, and my reply came completely spontaneously: 'Well, I reached that goal the day before yesterday. I sang Marguerite in Faust at the Metropolitan with Jussi Bjorling in the title role, and that is something which I couldn't, even in my wildest dreams, have dared to hope I would achieve."

The King In The Realm Of Song, Birgit Nilsson

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

Unfortunately I can't number myself among the lucky ones who got to sing often with him. We had, for the most part, such different repertoires, and more often than not we were singing in different parts of the world. On a few occasions, however, I was his Floria Tosca and his Aida, and I can assure you that these were significant moments in my life.

It Became Cold ..., Kerstin Meyer

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

It became cold in the room the morning I received the message that Jussi had left us - cold and empty. He was, in his discreet way, so tremendously alive. It was not only his voice which enchanted opera-goers and his colleagues on the stage, even if it is, first of all, the silenced voice which the whole world is mourning. No, it was also that there emanated such security from him - security and power and strength. It was infectious when one had the good fortune of being able to sing with him. The majority of us at the …

Wonderful Memories, Ruth Broadly, Gerry Broadly

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

Our world of opera was very limited until the day we heard the BBC Radio 3 programme, "Vintage Years," that happened to be devoted to Jussi Bjorling and presented by David Mellor.

The Naxos Bjorling, William C. Clayton

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

Another CD collection of Jussi's HMV 78s has appeared, this time on Naxos 8.110701- Jussi Bjorling: Opera Arias. These twenty-three selections, dating from 1936 through 1948, amount to a hit parade of favorite tenor arias from Jussi's HMV 78s made during those years, all the best known standard takes, and all recorded in Stockholm with Nils Grevillius conducting "his" orchestra. Thus they are certainly contained on the EMI four-disc Jussi Bjorling Edition: Studio Recordings 1930-1959 (7243 5 66306 2 8 Mono), reviewed in our 3Q99 issue. The best news is the vastly improved sound of the transfers here (even …

Jussi In The News: Media Notes Of Interest To Our Members From Our Members., Dan Shea

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

•Thanks to Email from Toby and Karl Hekler, Yoel Arbeitman, and others, we heard of Fr. Owen Lee's eloquent tribute to Jussi on an intermission feature during the February 5th Metropolitan broadcast of La Traviata. Luckily, we had a tape going during that broadcast, anticipating some sort of "happening" on Jussi's birthday. Thus we can provide for you the precise transcript of Fr. Lee's statement. He pointed out that he had been asked to discuss his favorite singers for that broadcast, but that some of his personal choices, like Zinka Milanov, had already been chosen by others. He continues with …

A Charmless Jussi?, Cantor Don Goldberg

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

For a Jussiphile to admit that he doesn't like his favorite singer's rendition of an aria or song might be considered tantamount to heresy. But I have to admit to being disappointed by Jussi's performance of that most beautiful of arias "Una furtiva lagrima" from Donizetti's L'Elisir D'amore. Now, I can just hear your heated exclamations of "Mio Dio," "Mon Dieu," "Gott mitt der welt," and even "Dem dere's fightin' words, Cantor!" Well, so be it, and I'll just explain why.

Jussi And "Amor Ti Vieta", William C. Clayton

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

"Amor ti vieta" was a popular encore with Jussi's fans. In fact, on the Atlanta Recital CD (Bluebell 020), he says that he will sing the aria in response to a specific request. I think that his approach to this aria is special, and one version, in particular, is peerless. I first heard my favorite in 1957, sung by JB as part of a recital on the fourth side of Cavalleria Rusticana, and it virtually spoiled all other versions for me (RCA LP LM 6059, September 1-7, 1957, conducted by Alberto Erede). Harald Henrysson lists four other renditions: a …