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...brought the coyest Christmas hit, I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus. This year's subadolescent hit, if any, is slow to show, but according to both M-G-M and Columbia, a number called Nuttin' for Christmas is showing frightening signs of life. Sample lyrics, usually sung in a piercing whine...
With these efforts, it seemed that little of the Christmas spirit remained to be evoked, but Victor kept on releasing Christmassy disks until it had the subject covered in a world tour de force. The route: from Europe, with Italian Jingle Bells (Campanella, campanella, solo bella . . .) sung by Lou Monte, to South America with Christmas in Rio, tricked out in samba tempo by Tony Martin, to a cornfed, shuffling western version of Jingle Bells, played on guitar by Chet Atkins...
Honegger: A Christmas Cantata (Michel Roux; Lamoureux Orchestra, choirs and organ conducted by Paul Sacher; Epic). A pacing, brooding opening chorus wells up to a shrieking appeal to the Saviour. After that, the music carries on with more competence than excitement, but it does weave in several Christmas carols (sung in their original languages by children) to make a big, festive impression. A typical work by the first member of France's famed...
...fairly good argument that the Supreme Court does not have the power to regulate public school education. Although he lacks any depth as a political theorist, in him echoes of Thomas Jefferson and John C. Calhoun are clearly present. Talmadge sings the same songs that states' righters have sung for generations, and which to the South still seem good old tunes...
Poulenc's Petites Voix, also sung by Smith, was on the other end of the scale, being witty, whimsical, and sweet. The work is not idiomatic for women's chorus, having been written for the pure tone and peculiar focus of children's voices. With this reservation, the Smith girls' performance was enjoyably light-hearted. With adequate rehearsals, the two Glee Clubs could no doubt sing as well together as they did by themselves...