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[log in to unmask] writes:
>1. Is this the same Allan Jones?
>2. Does he remember Donkey Serenade?
Oddly enough, I recall the work quite well. As a child, I listened
repeatedly to a 78 from my parents' collection of Alan Jones in the Donkey
Serenade. And surprisingly, it's not really a bad piece of music. Oh,
it's cliched-- the donkey clopping along, the so-called "Spanish rhythms"
at one point-- but the basic melody is well-constructed, and the whole
thing gives any lyric tenor a nice chance to show off attractive tone and
good breath support. Many fine tenors, such as the superlative Schipa,
recorded stuff (like Bixio) which was a lot worse.
Incidentally, Jones was also in the Marx Bros' A Night at the Opera,
playing the male sex symbol.
Barry Brenesal
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