Now With Handpuppets
Stephen Brookes, music critic at the Washington Post, posted a great video of Anne Sofie von Otter singing Der Erlkonig.
Miss Mussel has always thought that a revue-type version of Der Erlkönig featuring a baritione, his falsetto and a pair of handpuppets would be highly entertaining. Anyone else? No?
One of the perils of the intertubes is that it can suck up a whole lot of time in a big hurry. Time that should be spent creating websites or writing about mortgages. While on Stephen’s most excellent site Miss Mussel happened upon a link to the Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Project at the University of California @ Santa Barbara. Warning: a visit here could take the whole day if you’re not careful.
If you’ve ever doubted the impact of the record on our collective idea of how music should sound, particularly on our ideas regarding rhythm have a listen to this. It’s original to say the least.
