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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 …

The Life And Art Of Jussi Bjorling, Enrique Gilardoni

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

In November 1999, the Embassy of Sweden in Santiago, Chile, organized several cultural events under the title of "Dias de Suecia" (Sweden Days), which included theater plays, painting exhibitions, a gastronomic festival with Swedish food, and other activities

I Dub Thee, Cantor Don Goldberg

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

"I Dub Thee" may be a strange title for an article in the Journal of JBS, but with a little patience you'll see how this title applies to Jussi's consistency both in and out of the recording studio.

In The Spotlight: Leigh Metcalf: My Memories Of Jussi, Leigh Metcalf

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

Like many others of my generation, opera for me began with The Great Caruso, to which my parents took me shortly after its release. I particularly liked the trio that ended Act I of Il Trovatore, so I went to the library to check out my first opera recording, the one by RCA Victor. I liked Milanov's voice, and I loved Warren's, but Bjorling's was something altogether different. Every time his voice entered, the hair on the back of my neck stood up, a lump formed in my throat, and tears came to my eyes. It had nothing to do …

"The Researcher's Lot Is Not An' Appy One'", Andrew Farkas

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

Wonderful people that they are, Karl and Toby Hekler no doubt have been called by nicer names or described in more flattering terms in the past. For the purpose of this report, however, let's just called them catalysts.

We Welcome A New Member Of Our Advisory Committee: Robert Tuggle

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

We are very pleased to announce that Robert Tuggle, the Director of Archives for the Metropolitan Opera, has agreed to join our Advisory Committee.

Save This Date! Our August 20, 2000, Mini-Conference In Nyc Is On!, Dan Shea

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

How can our Jussi Bjorling Society NOT meet on August 20th to celebrate the simultaneous 70th anniversary of Jussi's debut in his first major operatic role, Don Ottavio, and the 40th anniversary of his last public concert? We've decided that we must go ahead with a one-day conference in Manhattan.

An Excursion To Sweden In June 2000 For Jbs Members

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

As explained in the previous issue of this Journal, several of us are going to Sweden in June, and we welcome other members to join us in this "lightly-structured" tour of Stockholm and Borlange. The idea is that you can join us when you wish and travel separately when you prefer. Rail passes may make this independence especially easy. (Some examples are given below.)

From The Editor's Desk, Mickey Dove

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

It is with great pleasure that we dedicate this issue of the Journal to Anna-Lisa Bjorling-Barkman upon the occasion of her 90th birthday on March 15th. On behalf of the Directors, Advisors, and membership of JBS, we extend to Mrs. Bjorling-Barkman our heartfelt wishes for a most Happy Birthday shared with family and dear friends.

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Extending Multi-Beam Sonar With Structure From Motion Data Of Shorelines For Complete Pool Bathymetry Of Reservoirs, Izaak Brandt Cooper

Theses and Dissertations

Bathymetric mapping is an important tool for reservoir management, typically completed before reservoir construction. Historically, bathymetric maps were produced by interpolating between points measured at a relatively large spacing throughout a reservoir, typically on the order of a few, up to 10, meters or more depending on the size of the reservoir. These measurements were made using traditional survey methods before the reservoir was filled, or using sonar surveys after filling. Post-construction issues such as sedimentation and erosion can change a reservoir, but generating updated bathymetric maps is difficult as the areas of interest are typically in the sediment deltas …

Vowel Pronunciation As An Ethnic Marker: Pacific Islander Teens In Utah, Lisa M. Johnson

Faculty Publications

Despite the growing numbers and visibility of Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders (NHPIs) in the U.S., these Americans are generally overlooked in the research on language variation. American dialectology tends to focus on speakers of European descent, and most research on minority ethno-racial groups has concentrated on larger demographic groups, such as African American and Latinx American groups. This combination of research deficits limits our understanding of linguistic variation and the social forces that influence it. In addition, it may reinforce stereotypes of “ethnolects” as nonstandard and wholly separate from regional and stylistic influence. (See Eckert, 2008.) Many of …

Phenotypes And Distribution Of Yellow-Pine Chipmunk (Neotamias Amoenus) Of Hybrid Ancestry From The Rocky Mountains Of Canada, David W. Nagorsen, Nick Panter, Darren Copley

Western North American Naturalist

In Canada, subspecies of the yellow-pine chipmunk (Neotamias amoenus luteiventris) and red-tailed chipmunk (Neotamias ruficaudus ruficaudus) co-occur in a small area of the Rocky Mountains in southwestern Alberta and southeastern British Columbia. Some N. a. luteiventris individuals in this area are of hybrid ancestry, carrying a mitochondrial DNA gene of N. r. ruficaudus. We tested for phenotypic hybridization by comparing genital bone morphology, body size, cranial mandibular morphology, and tail color of mitochondrial hybrids with specimens of the 2 parental reference groups identified from genetics or genital morphology. Hybrids were indistinguishable from …

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Western North American Naturalist

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Updating The Distribution Of American Black Bears (Ursus Americanus) In Texas Using Community Science, State Agencies, And Natural History Collections, Jessica E. Light, Alaya S. Keane, Jonah W. Evans

Western North American Naturalist

The American black bear (Ursus americanus) is one of largest terrestrial mammals found in Texas. Despite the black bear’s large size and charismatic nature, its distribution across the state has been difficult to determine due to outdated distribution maps. Although recent sighting reports indicate that the current distribution of black bears in Texas may be expanding in some areas, researching changes in black bear populations can be difficult and cost prohibitive. Data from community science initiatives and natural history collections can be useful to better understand species distributions and ecology. We used records from Texas Parks and Wildlife …

Newspaper Clippings

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Here And There

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

When I was asked to write a memoir, I immediately began to think of loved ones, my remarkable mother, my exceptional wife, or a close friend, as subjects. All of these people are most important to me, but I have chosen someone else. He is now deceased, but in his lifetime he was a world famous man. I never met him personally, but I feel that I know him well: I have his visage clearly in mind. More importantly, I am able to hear his voice every day from among the many recordings I own.

Pbs, Jb, Ec, Bg: A Question Of Media Politics, Dan Shea

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

If you guessed that PBS means "Public Broadcasting System," you're almost right. And yes, we know who JB is. From that you might guess that Enrico Caruso and Beniamino Gigli are in this picture, too. The question here is will 'The Original Three Tenors" be on our TV screens anytime soon?

The Original Three Tenors, Dan Shea

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

The Original Three Tenors" - a fascinating British documentary about Caruso, Gigli and Bjorling which was shown at JBS-USA's June 1999 conference in Washington, DC and which was scheduled for Swedish TV on March 4, 2000- will not be shown in Britain at all nor in the US in the near term. According to Eric Wimbles, our JBAS colleague: "It is with

considerable dismay to have to report that according to an article written by the esteemed critic, John Steane, in the current issue of 'The Gramophone', the BBC is not interested in showing the film produced by John Owen …

Test Your Knowledge, Tom Hines

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

1. In the celebrated Don Carlo Metropolitan- performance which opened the season in 1950, Jussi sang the title role and his close friend, Robert Merrill, sang Rodrigo. However, it was also a singular evening for four newcomers, all of whom were making their debuts in this performance. Each of these artists went on to have outstanding careers. Can you name them? Hint: they sang the following roles: Philip II (bass), Elizabeth of Valois (soprano), Princess Eboli (mezzo-soprano), and the Angelic Voice (soprano). For super credit, can you name the bass who was scheduled originally to sing the role of Philip …

The Desert Isle Redux, William C. Clayton

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

Though the members of JBS certainly have faultless taste in singers, some of them are obviously not very good sailors. Shortly after we published the ocean contretemps of a few of our company (the present editor included), we received word of three similar ship wrecks. Fortunately, these unlucky souls also managed to salvage their beloved JB tapes which contained their precious "top ten" favorites from Jussi's substantial recording career. Perhaps the beneficent hand of our dear honoree is stretched out over us, for all managed not only to survive the island ordeal but to return safely to their homes. Here, …

A British Voice, Joseph Hislop

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

On one of my visits to Stockholm for guest appearances in the early 1930s, Jussi Bjorling came to me and asked for advice regarding a number of problems of singing technique. He had already, at that time, presented his- beautiful voice at the Royal Opera and also in Copenhagen, and had shown both critics and the public alike that here was a rare star on the rise.

He Generously Filled His Horn Of Plenty With Beautiful Tone, Johannes Norrby

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

He was probably seventeen years old when I first met him. To me he seemed to be- if I may use the expression- a male Pallas Athena, she who sprang fully armed from her father's head. Jussi, too, materialized fully armed from his father's head. David Bjorling is said to have once said about his son: "There will never be another tenor like Caruso - perhaps Jussi."

Twenty-Five Years With Jussi, Helmer Enwall

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

For more than twenty-five years I had the pleasure of working with Jussi Bjorling and introducing him, not only to the musical centres of Europe, but also to the USA, Latin America and South Africa.

Jb Websites: An Introduction, William C. Clayton

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

Now that the Society's web site has been updated, we thought that you might appreciate a survey of other Internet sites devoted to JB. Of course you can browse for yourselves, but if you are not yet connected to the Internet, you might like to know what is being done for Jussi. (Note: Most public libraries provide free access to the Internet.) In addition, since we have added our own site to cyberspace, some acknowledgment of our "brethren" seems suitable. What follows, however, is not a critical appraisal of the sites but rather an objective description. We leave you to …

Jb Analogies: Same Recordings - Different Voices, Kristian Krogholm

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

There is much discussion going on among Jussiologists about how he sounded in real life. But who's to tell? I think it is somehow easier to say how he did not sound, based on the telling of many people who had the good fortune to hear him live. Jussi's voice did NOT have that hard, metal-sound that would be easy to present to the listener with the use of certain digital remastering processes, and that would make him sound like the best of Corelli, Lauri-Volpi, del Monaco, di Stefano, Bergonzi and Pavarotti all put together. Jussi would out-sing any of …

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

+ Well, for the committed Jussi-phile (and that certainly includes all members of this Society, by definition}, the biggest media Jussi-fest of the year has to be the publication, in April, of Number 2, vol. 16 of The Opera Quarterly: over 30 pages of fascinating Remembrances of Jussi, by London Green, William Ashbrook, M. Owen Lee, and Robert Baxter; followed by Andrew Farkas' description of his search to track down the answer to one of the mysteries of Jussi's performance-history, in the 14-page article ''Bjorling and Ballo, 'The Most Unkindest Cut of All'". You'll want to follow all the twists …

In The Spotlight: Don Pruitt Jussi's Concert At Constitution Hall, Washington, Dc, March 3, 1957

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

During the mid-1940's, when I was a teenager growing up in Roanoke, Virginia, I somehow or other chanced upon opera. During the afternoon radio broadcast period usually devoted to such enthralling boys' adventure serials as "Jack Armstrong," "Captain Midnight," and "The Green Hornet," a local station transmitted a condensed Aida over several days; this captured my imagination and interest. Then I found the Saturday afternoon Metropolitan Opera broadcasts, and would listen to them whenever I had the chance. I very dearly remember from this period a complete Aida, a Walkuere, and especially Peter Grimes, this last because, I think, of …