1) The Twinkle In Her Eye. 2) Apache Rag. Tails Up was a very popular revue that played at the London Comedy theater in 1918. It ran for 467 performances and was the brainchild of the english composer Philip Braham (1881-1934) who wrote most of the music and conducted the whole enterprise. It was also noteworthy for the inclusion of a song called Peter Pan written by a young Noel Coward. It was his first ever publicly performed song and, even then, only the words were his. Louise Leigh was the pseudonym used by the welsh soprano Bessie Jones (1887-1974) who enjoyed quite a career in the concert halls and also (along with Ernest Pike Stanley Kirkby et al) appeared on the earliest recordings of Gilbert and Sullivan operettas. She used the Louise Leigh moniker for lighter material such as this. Given that her track record also featured Bach Passions and Puccini, that is, perhaps, understandable. Not the clearest recording Im afraid, but an interesting historical piece giving a glimpse of theater life of nearly a century ago.
Posted on: Sat, 13 Dec 2014 13:38:07 +0000
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