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#55724 - 03/18/06 08:06 PM Mlle. Modiste, music by Vctor Herbert
Ted Rose Offline
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Registered: 01/16/02
Posts: 515
Loc: United States
Hello again SynthZone friends,

In a separate post below, you can read an announcement about the Jaybirds latest Playalong #22 on Cees web site, Victor Herbert's "Kiss me Again". I also posted a brief bit about the composer, Victor Herbert. Here is some further information about the song and the operetta, for those of you who may be interested.

The song is from a Herbert operetta, "Mlle. Modiste" (1905), which told of an American shop girl who finds romance and operatic fame in Paris. Metropolitan Opera soprano Fritzi Scheff triumphed in the title role, introducing the wistful waltz "Kiss Me Again." She toured in revivals of the show for more than two decades.

"Mlle. Modiste," one of Victor Herbert's greatest triumphs, opened at the Knickerbocker Theater on Christmas night, 1905. As mentioned above, it featured the waltz "Kiss Me Again" and starred Fritzi Scheff, who had been lured away from the Metropolitan Opera.

"Mlle. Modiste" is set in Paris, where the fetching Fifi is employed in a hat shop. She falls in love with Captain Etienne de Bouvray, but Etienne cannot marry outside his own aristocratic circle. Heartbroken, Fifi pursues her ambition of becoming a great singer. With financial help from a wealthy American, she develops into a famous prima donna under the assumed name of Mme. Bellini. When she is invited to perform at the estate of Etienne's uncle, she wins the old Count completely with her singing. The proud de Bouvray can resist no longer and happily sanctions Fifi's marriage to Etienne.

(Some of thr above data from: "A History Of Music in American Life, Vol. II" by Ronald L. Davis)

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#55725 - 03/18/06 11:07 PM Re: Mlle. Modiste, music by Vctor Herbert
cees Offline
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Registered: 09/14/02
Posts: 533
Loc: The Netherlands
Hi Ted,
thanks for the info. I appreciate your efforts. The Team offers us fine music to listen to, they offer us musicsheets to sharpen the playing skills, they offer us lyrics, sometimes with a moral, and they offer us music history. T.m.o. it looks as if the On-screen Playalongs serie has evolved to a music-education with cultural aspects too . My sincere compliments to the Jaybirds-team!
Thanks and best greetings,
Cees
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