Yet another third-party melody in The Nutcracker?
Think of the scene in Nutcracker where all the guests go to bed, and in particular the tune in the bass that repeats and fragments until everyone’s gone. Then listen…
The Urwärme of Ohrwürme
Via Metafilter, the top 25 ‘earworms’ in France, with audio examples. ‘Earworm’ is a direct translation of the German word Ohrwurm, meaning a tune that you can’t get out of…
Ain’t misbehavin’ and other songs
Here’s a nice site: extraordinarily detailed and well-presented details about jazz standards such as Ain’t misbehavin’. There’s a list of the 1,000 most recorded jazz standards, and very detailed records…
Missing Nutcracker? Have a Cher Dumollet singalong
I’ve been looking for this for ages, a rendition of the French children’s song Bon voyage cher Dumollet, the contredanse-like bit in Act 1 of The Nutcracker which is usually…
“Push a little button”
This is the nicest story I’ve come across for a long time. Ninette was a student on a course I taught on the BA (Hons) in Dance Education at the…