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Broken-Winged Silver Bird —But It Flies On The Wings Of Music, Goran Forsling Sep 2021

Broken-Winged Silver Bird —But It Flies On The Wings Of Music, Goran Forsling

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

It begins as it ends, Silver Bird, the opera about Jussi Björling, which was premiered in the Concert Barn in Vattnäs, Dalecarlia, Sweden, on 10 July. In other words, the ageing Jussi Björling is lying on his deathbed, looking back on his life, a not wholly unusual dramaturgical devise in literature, theatre and also opera. A fairly latter-day parallel is Leonardo Balada’s La Muerte de Colón (Death of Columbus) from 1992-1993. In a series of retrospective tableaux we follow Jussi from the endless touring of his childhood together with his father and his brothers, up to the unavoidable end. Th …

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Jussi’S Reception In Italy: Past And Present, Tom Hines Sep 2021

Jussi’S Reception In Italy: Past And Present, Tom Hines

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

For the most part, after becoming an international star, Jussi Björling fashioned his stage career around Italian opera (in addition to performances of Faust and Roméo et Juliette). Prior to the early forties, he had sung a wide variety of operatic roles, but primarily in Swedish. At only 25 years of age, Jussi undertook Aida and Pagliacci in Vienna under De Sabata, as well as an outstanding Faust (with Rethberg and Kipnis) sung in German and Swedish! Duly impressed, Victor De Sabata attempted to have Jussi perform in Rome but this couldn’t be arranged because of Björling’s prior engagements. Over …

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To Utah In Time Of War: About The Beginning Of Jussi’S 1939/1940 Tour, Harald Henrysson Sep 2021

To Utah In Time Of War: About The Beginning Of Jussi’S 1939/1940 Tour, Harald Henrysson

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

At the 2015 JBS-USA conference in Salt Lake City, material about Jussi Björling’s 1939 Provo concert, his first in Utah, was on display. Th at concert and its program may merit a special commentary, and this article will also deal a little more with the same tour. Before continuing, I would like to add that Jussi would sing only once more in Utah, in Ogden on 13 November 1945—not long after the start of his first US tour after WWII—and that there were plans, though never realized for unknown reason, for a concert in Salt Lake City on 19 February …

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The Björling His Colleagues Knew, James A. Drake Sep 2021

The Björling His Colleagues Knew, James A. Drake

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

Having just heard Richard Tucker in the prime of his career, I think you’ll find it surprising to hear what he sounded like when he was 24 years old and had just learned his first opera aria. Let me describe how he learned that aria by re-telling the story as it was told to me by the pianist Alex Alexay, who was an accompanist for Eleanor Steber and Jan Peerce, among other singers:

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Tonight, Jussi Björling……Today: A Response, Enrique Gilardoni Sep 2021

Tonight, Jussi Björling……Today: A Response, Enrique Gilardoni

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

Opera has today very little to do with what it was at the time of Jussi. Since its inception, opera was developed based on great singers who delighted audiences, and singing was all that mattered. Thanks to the invention of the gramophone it was possible to preserve and reproduce sounds, and of course, the human voice, so we can now listen to legendary singers of the past.

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Jussi Björling—Recitalist: Out Front Alone, Duff Murphy Sep 2021

Jussi Björling—Recitalist: Out Front Alone, Duff Murphy

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

Sound provokes emotion. We are alarmed at a car’s screeching brakes; calmed by a cat’s rhythmic purr. It’s difficult to determine whether these are intuitive or learned responses; yet to many the voice of an opera singer evokes alarm. Yet the amber tones of Jussi Björling’s warm embrace only alarms with its natural beauty.

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Five Tenors In The Flower Song, Stephan Hastings Sep 2021

Five Tenors In The Flower Song, Stephan Hastings

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

Jussi Björling never took part in a complete performance of Bizet’s Carmen, either on stage or in the recording studio. Although in 1951 he was contracted to record the role of Don José for RCA under Fritz Reiner’s leadership, he realized he had insufficient time to learn the music and was replaced by Jan Peerce. All we have of his Don José is the flower song—“La fleur que tu m’avais jetée”—which he performed frequently on the concert platform. Two studio recordings and twelve off-the-air recordings (including two videos) survive of him singing this aria. Björling performed a number of other …

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Discovery Of The Jussi Björling Copenhagen Tape, John H. Haley Sep 2021

Discovery Of The Jussi Björling Copenhagen Tape, John H. Haley

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

As Society members know by now, a new Society-sponsored CD is due out in the coming weeks that presents a recently discovered Jussi Björling live concert in Copenhagen on October 15, 1959, less than a year before Björling passed away from escalating heart trouble. I discovered this tape, which I own, and working together with Society members and expert audio restoration engineer Seth B. Winner, we put this project together, which is being released by JSP Records in London.

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An Homage To Enrique Gilardoni (Celebrating His 80th Birthday), Bertil Bengtsson Sep 2021

An Homage To Enrique Gilardoni (Celebrating His 80th Birthday), Bertil Bengtsson

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

For many years I’ve had a firm belief that one sure sign of Jussi Björling’s greatness as a performing artist is the ability to join together people from all walks of life, irrespective of ethnicity, political affiliation, religion or country. Over the more than 30 years that I’ve studied, researched and lectured about Jussi I’ve had the great pleasure of making friends with fellow “Jussicologists”, both in Sweden and abroad. Many of them have become very close friends. One of the most highly treasured friendships is the one I’ve established with the foremost Jussicologist in South America, Enrique Gilardoni, whom …

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The History Of An Autographed Photo, Enrique Gilardoni Sep 2021

The History Of An Autographed Photo, Enrique Gilardoni

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

On that cold morning of February 23, Otniel Sobek woke with a strong idea in his mind. He had collected autographed photos of the main singers who appeared in the Vienna State Opera, but lacked the one of that young Swedish tenor that had already been presented there the year before singing Il trovatore, Aida and La bohème. Such was his success (despite he sang his roles in Swedish while the rest of the cast did it in German), that in 1937 he was again hired to sing nothing less than eight operas: La bohème, Il trovatore, Madama Butterfl y, …

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Greetings From Your New President, Terry L. Williams Sep 2021

Greetings From Your New President, Terry L. Williams

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

I wish you a very happy, healthy, and prosperous New Year! By the time you read this we will be nearly two months into 2016.

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Editor’S Comments, Walter B. Rudolph Sep 2021

Editor’S Comments, Walter B. Rudolph

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

This Journal is the culmination of my two terms as President of JBS-USA. While I’m only beginning to become acquainted with you, I’m grateful for the chance and rewards of working with a dedicated Board of Directors, and immersing myself in the chronicle of Jussi Björling.

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Front Matter Sep 2021

Front Matter

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

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Roberta Peters, 86, Sparkling Soprano Whose Fairytale Met Debut Led To A Five-Decade Career, Has Died, Ira Siff Sep 2021

Roberta Peters, 86, Sparkling Soprano Whose Fairytale Met Debut Led To A Five-Decade Career, Has Died, Ira Siff

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

Roberta Peter’s overnight ascent to Met stardom at twenty combined with her uncommonly attractive face and form to suggest a sort of fairy-tale figure. But Peters’s early years were spent absorbed in arduous study, devoid of many of the diversions taken for granted by the average teenager. Although in later life the soprano spoke about tears shed under the pressure of trying to live up to the expectations of those who believed in her, she maintained that young people should be urged to fulfill their potential. It was, in fact, this seriousness of purpose and artistic integrity that carried Peters …

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Jussi Björling’S Penultimate New York Recital, Ed Walter Sep 2021

Jussi Björling’S Penultimate New York Recital, Ed Walter

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

I was at the March 7th Hunter College recital, as I was at every Björling New York recital from October 31, 1953 to his last. Th e highlight of that first recital was his singing of Lamento di Federico. His rendition of that aria stands out as one of the best I have ever heard from him or anyone else. Th e high note soared to the stratosphere. Th e live performance was even better than his recorded versions of that aria.

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Ben Heppner In Utah, Walter B. Rudolph Sep 2021

Ben Heppner In Utah, Walter B. Rudolph

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

Not to become either a travelogue or a serialized column, but there is more to report about my 2016 experiences with our JBS Advisory Board Member, Ben Heppner. When last we talked . . . (July Newsletter 2016) I had met him in New York City. What I didn’t report was that he had indicated he was coming to Salt Lake City in July to visit his daughter and his new grandchild by that date. And, that he would call me.

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In Jussi’S ”Sound Tracks”, Rodger Alderstrand Sep 2021

In Jussi’S ”Sound Tracks”, Rodger Alderstrand

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

My first contact with Jussi Björling was as an 8-year-old, when my family visited my maternal grandmother on Sweden’s West coast. She had an EP recording of “O holy night,” and when it was playing, nobody was permitted to talk: “Quiet, Jussi is singing!” It wasn’t unusual for my grandmother to listen to him. I clearly couldn’t understand his singing’s quality to the fullest, but my grandmother’s admiration made a mark on me.

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David Björling Becomes A Singer: Usa, Sweden And Vienna 1899-1908, Harald Henrysson Sep 2021

David Björling Becomes A Singer: Usa, Sweden And Vienna 1899-1908, Harald Henrysson

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

In all of its generations the singing Björling family has had close connections with the U.S. It was here it began —when David Björling got the education without which he might not have become a singer and thus Jussi, if he had been born, would have had quite a different future. Very little has been known about David’s first period in America, but this article, based on my presentation at the JBS-USA Salt Lake City conference, is an attempt to fill in that gap, as far as sources permit, and add something about his further education.

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A Jussi Björling Phonograpy By Harald Henrysson: A Critical Tool, Terry Williams, Sue Flaster Sep 2021

A Jussi Björling Phonograpy By Harald Henrysson: A Critical Tool, Terry Williams, Sue Flaster

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

The number of questions which pop up on the Yahoo site and elsewhere on a regular basis indicate that a short reminder of what this book is and how it works is overdue. The latest paper edition of the book (3rd) does not have all of the indices, but they are available through the site of the Scandinavian JB Society, http://www.jussibjorlingsallskapet. com/

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Andrew Farkas, James A. Drake Ph.D. Sep 2021

Andrew Farkas, James A. Drake Ph.D.

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

In any list of debts owed to the founders and members of the prestigious international Jussi Björling Society, the name Andrew Farkas would surely be high upon that list. As almost all members are aware, he is a founding member and advisor of the Jussi Björling Society-USA, Inc., and is a contributing editor of its Journal. Having had the privilege of knowing him as a personal friend and university colleague (both of us are happily retired from the State of Florida higher-education system), and having benefitted (undeservedly on my part) from his wide-ranging expertise as a writer, editor, and …

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The President’S Pen, Terry Williams Sep 2021

The President’S Pen, Terry Williams

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

When Wally Rudolph suggested including a “Top Ten” survey in the November Newsletter I thought it an interesting idea but did not give it much thought - then. In fact, it was not until Wally reminded me of it by reporting toward the end of December that he had received a member’s entry that I began to give it more thought. Pick my five favorite songs and arias, in order, and my three favorite operas, in order. Piece of cake, right? I mean, how much time could that take? Well, let me tell you, a lot. But it was great …

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Front Matter Sep 2021

Front Matter

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

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Ghost Bread For The Elders, Eden Nielson Sep 2021

Ghost Bread For The Elders, Eden Nielson

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A story about bread mysteriously appearing on the breakfast table of Latter-day Saint missionaries every morning.

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Skinwalkers Attack Two Missionaries In Their Mission House, Clara Welge Sep 2021

Skinwalkers Attack Two Missionaries In Their Mission House, Clara Welge

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A legend about Skinwalkers trying to attack a pair of missionaries at night in New Mexico in the 1990's

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Diet Of The Golden Eagle During The Breeding Season In Northwestern Chihuahua, Mexico, Isaac Morales-Yañez, Ricardo Rodríguez-Estrella, Ana Bertha Gatica-Colima Sep 2021

Diet Of The Golden Eagle During The Breeding Season In Northwestern Chihuahua, Mexico, Isaac Morales-Yañez, Ricardo Rodríguez-Estrella, Ana Bertha Gatica-Colima

Western North American Naturalist

The diet of the Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) was studied in 4 territories in northwestern Chihuahua, México, during the breeding season. Prey remains and pellets were collected from 4 nests during 2014, 2015, and 2016. We identified 12 vertebrate species. Black-tailed jackrabbits (Lepus californicus) were the most important prey remains in terms of frequency (72%) and ingested biomass (86%). We estimated mean prey size to be 1291 g (SE = 3364), indicating that Golden Eagles prey on medium-sized animals (e.g., lagomorphs). The main threats to Golden Eagles are connected to habitat loss and habitat fragmentation, but …

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Towards Detection Of Sars-Cov-2 Rna In Human Saliva: A Paper-Based Cell-Free Toehold Switch Biosensor With A Visual Bioluminescent Output, J. Porter Hunt, Emily Long Zhao, Tyler J. Free, Mehran Soltani, Chandler A. Warr, Alex B. Benedict, Melissa K. Takahashi, Joel S. Griffitts, William G. Pitt, Bradley C. Bundy Sep 2021

Towards Detection Of Sars-Cov-2 Rna In Human Saliva: A Paper-Based Cell-Free Toehold Switch Biosensor With A Visual Bioluminescent Output, J. Porter Hunt, Emily Long Zhao, Tyler J. Free, Mehran Soltani, Chandler A. Warr, Alex B. Benedict, Melissa K. Takahashi, Joel S. Griffitts, William G. Pitt, Bradley C. Bundy

Faculty Publications

The COVID-19 pandemic has illustrated the global demand for rapid, low-cost, widely distributable and point-of-care nucleic acid diagnostic technologies. Such technologies could help disrupt transmission, sustain economies and preserve health and lives during widespread infection. In contrast, conventional nucleic acid diagnostic procedures require trained personnel, complex laboratories, expensive equipment, and protracted processing times. In this work, lyophilized cell-free protein synthesis (CFPS) and toehold switch riboregulators are employed to develop a promising paper-based nucleic acid diagnostic platform activated simply by the addition of saliva. First, to facilitate distribution and deployment, an economical paper support matrix is identified and a mass-producible test …

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Agency: What Does It Mean To Be A Human Being?, Richard N. Williams, Edwin E. Gantt, Lane Fischer Sep 2021

Agency: What Does It Mean To Be A Human Being?, Richard N. Williams, Edwin E. Gantt, Lane Fischer

Faculty Publications

This paper will look at the results of what has been termed “the crisis of modernism” and the related rise of postmodern perspectives in the 19th and 20th centuries. It concentrates on what is arguably the chief casualty of this crisis – human agency – and the social science that has developed out of the crisis. We argue that modern and postmodern social science ultimately obviate human agency in the understanding of what it means to be a human being. Attention is given to the contemporary intellectual world and the way in which it has been deeply informed by neo-Hegelian …

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The 3 Nephite On The Freeway, Hadleigh Cranston Sep 2021

The 3 Nephite On The Freeway, Hadleigh Cranston

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A story about two sisters who were involved in a car crash and how one of the Three Nephites rescued them

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Christopher Columbus And The 3 Nephites, Hailey Bennett Sep 2021

Christopher Columbus And The 3 Nephites, Hailey Bennett

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A legend about Christopher Columbus encountering the Three Nephites

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Opening Up A New Mission, Hailey Bennett Sep 2021

Opening Up A New Mission, Hailey Bennett

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A Guatemalan mission legend about the Three Nephites.

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