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Georgiana BrummellI think some of you may find this interesting. I myself am beginning to study all of this, as I am fascinated by the singing methods and knowledge of the time. It is a bit difficult doing it being blind and unable to read music, but fortunately, there are ways around that. My perfect pitch and good memory for lyrics also helps. Still, if anyone would like to work with me on this i.e. study together or even give some advice, I would appreciate it. Below, you will find various links related to theory, harmony and counterpoint, and a comparison of older and modern methods of teaching and singing. While this relates to choirs and opera, it also relates to the theatre, particularly operettas and such. Studying Music: Part I <a href="https://dandylover1.dreamwidth.org/205086.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://dandylover1.dreamwidth.org/205086.html</a> My one criterion was that the methods and books used had to be from the time of Ivor Novello, preferably from his youth (born 1893). If I were to start in the early nineteenth century, which is where most of my preferred non-musical educational material is from, I would miss extremely important developments in classical music. Starting at the birth of his mother, Clara Novello Davies, in 1861, would be fine. However, since her own book, which I am using as my main text and guide, was written in 1928, I went with that of her son. In the following sections, you will find the books I am using. One thing I have not included, though it was a huge influence in Ivor's own writing style, was theatrical music, such as that found in operettas and Edwardian musical comedies. That is such a large topic for discussion that I feel it deserves its own separate post, as does Ivor's music, since it's an interesting blend of all of the above. But this is well outside the scope of traditional musical study. In the next entry (the below link), we will delve into vocal training and why the singers of Novello's time sound so wonderful. Studying Music: Part II <a href="https://dandylover1.dreamwidth.org/205505.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://dandylover1.dreamwidth.org/205505.html</a> Finally, since I mentioned the exercises, here they are, for anyone who wants to try them. Note that these are the Preliminaries and Breathlock Physicals, not the vocal exercises. But I have provided the link to her book as well, for those who may wish to go further. Clara's Exercises <a href="https://dandylover1.dreamwidth.org/205596.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://dandylover1.dreamwidth.org/205596.html</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://blob.cat/tag/books" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#books</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://blob.cat/tag/choir" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#choir</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://blob.cat/tag/claranovellodavies" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClaraNovelloDavies</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://blob.cat/tag/counterpoint" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#counterpoint</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://blob.cat/tag/exercises" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#exercises</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://blob.cat/tag/harmony" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#harmony</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://blob.cat/tag/history" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#history</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://blob.cat/tag/ivornovello" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IvorNovello</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://blob.cat/tag/music" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#music</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://blob.cat/tag/musictheory" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#musictheory</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://blob.cat/tag/opera" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#opera</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://blob.cat/tag/operetta" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#operetta</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://blob.cat/tag/singing" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#singing</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://blob.cat/tag/studying" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#studying</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://blob.cat/tag/vocaltraining" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vocaltraining</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://blob.cat/tag/voicetraining" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#voicetraining</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://blob.cat/tag/theater" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#theater</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://blob.cat/tag/theatre" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#theatre</a>

Georgiana BrummellToday is the 132nd anniversary of the birth of Ivor Novello, a true man of the theatre. From non-musical plays such as the Truth Game, to silent films such as The Lodger (later remade with sound), to talkies such as I Lived with You, to the wonderfl operettas for which he is so well-known, such as the Dancing Years, he demonstrated extreme versitility, creativity, and genius. His ability to bring characters to life with exacting detail, often in glamorous settings, and to choose just the right actors to play them, was legendary. While he died at only fifty-eight, he left us with intriguing worlds to explore, many lovely songs to sing, and a true appreciation of greatness. May we remember him today and always keep a song and hope in our hearts.Note: Many of his films, both silent and with sound, several of his songs by the original artists, and a few tributes and documentaries, some again with those who knew him, can be found on Youtube. Others can be purchased on Amazon..<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivor_Novello" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivor_Nov…</a><a href="https://friendica.world/search?tag=acting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#acting</a> <a href="https://friendica.world/search?tag=actors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#actors</a> <a href="https://friendica.world/search?tag=birthday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#birthday</a> <a href="https://friendica.world/search?tag=geniuses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#geniuses</a> <a href="https://friendica.world/search?tag=IvorNovello" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IvorNovello</a> <a href="https://friendica.world/search?tag=musicals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#musicals</a> <a href="https://friendica.world/search?tag=music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#music</a> <a href="https://friendica.world/search?tag=operettas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#operettas</a> <a href="https://friendica.world/search?tag=plays" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#plays</a> <a href="https://friendica.world/search?tag=producers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#producers</a> <a href="https://friendica.world/search?tag=theater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#theater</a> <a href="https://friendica.world/search?tag=theatre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#theatre</a>

Georgiana BrummellWhat is the best gift to give to your friends for Christmas? Well, if you're Ivor Novello, apparently, it's a professionally-recorded meddly of your music, with a Christmas greeting written out! Can you imagine recieving something this beautiful from a friend? Most of these people worked with him as well, so it was probably both friends and colleagues who received it, and, I'm willing to bet, his own mother.<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sgS15moakE" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">youtube.com/watch?v=-sgS15moak…</a><a href="https://friendica.world/search?tag=Christmas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Christmas</a> <a href="https://friendica.world/search?tag=friendship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#friendship</a> <a href="https://friendica.world/search?tag=gifts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gifts</a> <a href="https://friendica.world/search?tag=IvorNovello" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IvorNovello</a> <a href="https://friendica.world/search?tag=music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#music</a>

Georgiana Brummell(Everything I have, except Glamorous Night, and The Dancing Years, can be found on Youtube.) Tomorrow is my birthday, so I've decided to treat myself to an Ivor Novello film. I must be very careful with these, as he only made a few. I'm not counting the silent ones, since I'm blind and obviously can't watch them. I've already seen, and loved, I Lived with You. I'm missing Symphony in Two Flats, But the Flesh is Weak (wrote but not in), and The Truth Game (wrote but not in). But I still have Once A Lady, The Lodger, Sleeping Car, and Autumn Crocus. Which one should I watch?As for his plays, they are ridiculously difficult to find with full dialogue. If you know of any, please let me know! I managed to locate Perchance to Dream, and King's Rhapsody, both amateur but wonderful. King's Rhapsody was actually performed by the Knowle Operatic Society in 1981. How they managed to capture that in sound I have no idea, since I can't imagine it was a professional recording. Maybe, they used Super8mm. I believe some of those cameras had sound. Anyway, I also watched the film version of Glamorous Night, whose only saving grace was Mary Ellis, and I'm waiting on the 1950 version of The Dancing Years, with none other than Olive Gilbert! Finding anything with her speaking in it is almost a miracle. If anyone knows where I can find a film called Ivor Novello, from 1956 or so, please let me know. Many of his people are in it, and I would absolutely love to see it, particularly for that reason! I also have a delightful version of Valley of Song, recorded in 1955! This is a special and poignant, as the play was left unfinished at Novello's death and was completed by his librettist, Christopher Hassall, the one man I think should have done it, since he, more than anyone, knew Novello's style and thought process in such matters. A museum actually uploaded it from an audiocassette, but this is not a radio performance. It appears to be the film, which made me laugh, since now, the sighted get to experience how I see films without audio description! But it's really not fair to laugh when the ones suffering are my peers who fight like hell to get anything from/by Novello! It would be amazing, though, to have what does exist audio-described. I think, though, that I will listen to Valley of Song tonight. I am very curious about it. I'll save tomorrow for the film.<a href="https://friendica.world/search?tag=audiodescription" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#audiodescription</a> <a href="https://friendica.world/search?tag=blind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#blind</a> <a href="https://friendica.world/search?tag=ChristopherHassall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ChristopherHassall</a> <a href="https://friendica.world/search?tag=cinema" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cinema</a> <a href="https://friendica.world/search?tag=films" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#films</a> <a href="https://friendica.world/search?tag=IvorNovello" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IvorNovello</a> <a href="https://friendica.world/search?tag=MaryEllis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MaryEllis</a> <a href="https://friendica.world/search?tag=OliveGilbert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OliveGilbert</a> <a href="https://friendica.world/search?tag=operettas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#operettas</a> <a href="https://friendica.world/search?tag=plays" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#plays</a> <a href="https://friendica.world/search?tag=talkies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#talkies</a> <a href="https://friendica.world/search?tag=theatre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#theatre</a>

Georgiana BrummellThis is something I wrote on Dreamwidth in October. I think some of you may find it interesting. I myself am beginning to study all of this, as I am fascinated by the singing methods and knowledge of the time. It is a bit difficult doing it being blind and unable to read music, but fortunately, there are ways around that. My perfect pitch and good memory for lyrics also helps.Below, you will find various links related to theory, harmony and counterpoint, and a comparison of older and modern methods of teaching and singing. While this relates to choirs and opera, it also relates to the theatre, particularly operettas and such.Studying Music: Part I <a href="https://dandylover1.dreamwidth.org/205086.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">dandylover1.dreamwidth.org/205…</a>My one criterion was that the methods and books used had to be from the time of Ivor Novello, preferably from his youth (born 1893). If I were to start in the early nineteenth century, which is where most of my preferred non-musical educational material is from, I would miss extremely important developments in classical music. Starting at the birth of his mother, Clara Novello Davies, in 1861, would be fine. However, since her own book, which I am using as my main text and guide, was written in 1928, I went with that of her son. In the following sections, you will find the books I am using. One thing I have not included, though it was a huge influence in Ivor's own writing style, was theatrical music, such as that found in operettas and Edwardian musical comedies. That is such a large topic for discussion that I feel it deserves its own separate post, as does Ivor's music, since it's an interesting blend of all of the above. But this is well outside the scope of traditional musical study.In the next entry, we will delve into vocal training and why the singers of Novello's time sound so wonderful.Studying Music: Part II <a href="https://dandylover1.dreamwidth.org/205505.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">dandylover1.dreamwidth.org/205…</a>Finally, since I mentioned the exercises, here they are, for anyone who wants to try them. Note that these are the Preliminaries and Breathlock Physicals, not the vocal exercises. But I have provided the link to her book as well, for those who may wish to go further.Clara's Exercises <a href="https://dandylover1.dreamwidth.org/205596.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">dandylover1.dreamwidth.org/205…</a><a href="https://friendica.world/search?tag=books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://friendica.world/search?tag=choir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#choir</a> <a href="https://friendica.world/search?tag=ClaraNovelloDavies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClaraNovelloDavies</a> <a href="https://friendica.world/search?tag=counterpoint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#counterpoint</a> <a href="https://friendica.world/search?tag=exercises" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#exercises</a> <a href="https://friendica.world/search?tag=harmony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#harmony</a> <a href="https://friendica.world/search?tag=history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#history</a> <a href="https://friendica.world/search?tag=IvorNovello" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IvorNovello</a> <a href="https://friendica.world/search?tag=music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#music</a> <a href="https://friendica.world/search?tag=musictheory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#musictheory</a> <a href="https://friendica.world/search?tag=opera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#opera</a> <a href="https://friendica.world/search?tag=operetta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#operetta</a> <a href="https://friendica.world/search?tag=singing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#singing</a> <a href="https://friendica.world/search?tag=studying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#studying</a> <a href="https://friendica.world/search?tag=vocaltraining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vocaltraining</a> <a href="https://friendica.world/search?tag=voicetraining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#voicetraining</a> <a href="https://friendica.world/search?tag=theater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#theater</a> <a href="https://friendica.world/search?tag=theatre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#theatre</a>

Dr. Dani SanchezJune Tripp and Ivor Novello in “The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog” <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TCMParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TCMParty</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SilentSundayNights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SilentSundayNights</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TheLodger1927" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TheLodger1927</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JuneTripp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JuneTripp</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IvorNovello" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IvorNovello</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Hitchcock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Hitchcock</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SilentFilm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SilentFilm</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/horror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#horror</a>

Dr. Dani SanchezIvor Novello in “The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog” <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TCMParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TCMParty</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TheLodger1927" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TheLodger1927</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IvorNovello" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IvorNovello</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SilentFilm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SilentFilm</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AlfredHitchcock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AlfredHitchcock</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/horror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#horror</a>

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