Klarinet Archive - Posting 000225.txt from 2005/09

From: "Margaret Thornhill" <clarinetstudio@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Re: Ella/Lotte Lenya
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 11:36:34 -0400


>
Gerald Wolfe wrote regarding Lotte Lenya:
>
> Thanks! I must confess that while hearing her was a treat, the style and
> voice quality weren't exactly to my taste. My favorite female vocalist is
> Ella F. and they definitely are not the same.
> Jerry
>

I think a closer comparison to Lenya is Marlene Dietrich. It's a different
category of performance art.

Ella could actually Sing. Quite beautifully, in her prime.

Margaret

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