Author Archives: Marco Graziosi

To the Land Where the Jam-tree Grows !?

Posted on February 6, 2006 by Marco Graziosi

Nothing […] amused Lear more than the failure of some people to appreciate the utter absence of sense in his nonsense. He used to relate that some one once wrote to him to say that he had marched various botanical … Continue reading →

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Ye Book of Sense

Posted on January 26, 2006 by Marco Graziosi

Arthur Deex has digitized two more early limerick books, Ye Book of Bubbles (1864) and Ye Book of Sense (c1870), and writes of the latter: A Review in the May 88 Pentatette A recent addition to my collection was a … Continue reading →

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A Limerick Alphabet by Edmund Dulac

Posted on January 17, 2006 by Marco Graziosi

Arthur Deex has acquired a very nice copy of a rare book of limericks and has kindly chosen to share it: Lyrics Pathetic and Humorous from A to Z by Edmund Dulac (1882-1953) is a delightful Alphabet Book of 24 … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear Music in Sanremo

Posted on January 11, 2006 by Marco Graziosi

At the end of 1997, the city of Sanremo held an exhibition of Edward Lear paintings and watercolours; there was also a concert of his Tennyson arrangements and of Dudley Glass’s settings of his poems on 7 December. Here is … Continue reading →

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The Time Draws Near the Birth of Christ

Posted on December 21, 2005 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear published two collections of arrangements of Alfred Tennyson’s poems. This first, in 1853, included four settings (‘Edward Gray’, ‘A Farewell’, ‘Tears, Idle Tears’, and ‘Sweet and Low’), the second, in 1859, added five more, including the one I … Continue reading →

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Nonsense Lyrics: Aba Daba Honeymoon

Posted on December 17, 2005 by Marco Graziosi

This week’s nonsense song has much in common with The Owl and the Pussy-cat; Aba Daba Honeymoon is another happy story of love and marriage, in this case between primates. It was written by Arthur Fields and Walter Donovan and … Continue reading →

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Elton Hayes: The Jumblies

Posted on December 15, 2005 by Marco Graziosi

The second song from Elton Hayes’s first Edward Lear record: The Jumblies.

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Gilbert Mack (1912-2005)

Posted on December 12, 2005 by Marco Graziosi

Cartoon Brew reports that Gilbert Mack passed away on 5 December 2005 at the age of 93. In addition to movies and lending his voice to several cartoon characters, Mack published 78-rpm records of his readings of two of Edward … Continue reading →

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Nonsense Lyrics: Chi-Baba, Chi-Baba

Posted on December 9, 2005 by Marco Graziosi

Al Hoffman and Jerry Livingston, authors of last week’s Mairzy Doats, later teamed up with Mack David to form a trio specializing in nonsense songs: theirs are the famours Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo from Walt Disney’s Cinderella (1950) as well as … Continue reading →

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Elton Hayes: The Table and the Chair

Posted on December 7, 2005 by Marco Graziosi

Elton Hayes published three 78-rpm records with Edward Lear songs, the first one in October 1950 (Parlophone R 3329) and containing The Table and the Chair and The Jumblies (to be posted next Wednesday). This was followed by Parlophone R … Continue reading →

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