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Menoizikul; Midweek Muscalisms

As we slip off the end of summer and head down into the autumnal months, here is a bittersweet song about the style and strengths of a Shanghai Woman. It was recorded in 1947 and the singer, Zhang Yi Wen, was quite the thing in her time. There is a lovely write-up about her HERE with photos and links to other songs available online. Thanks for listening.

10 comments:

  1. it's so sweet and so perfect for breakfast and to start a new day...

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  2. Hi Yam - how extraordinary ... what a lovely voice - even 75 years later ... thanks for telling us about her and let us listen to this random selection ... excellent - cheers Hilary

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  3. Perfect and so relaxing....
    Hugs Cecilia

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  4. I had a friend, now deceased, that was a singer in the 30's and 40's, she sang for the Soldiers during the war, and was also a nurse. her voice was much like this ladies voice.

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  5. Sorry. Not one of my favorites.

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  6. Voice sounds and range have nothing to do with country of origin! Lovely namaste, janice xx

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  7. We enjoyed that (more than Vangelis), but is it not influenced by all that dreadful western culture that was invading

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  8. Oops was going to say and diluting ancient culture? The red revolution probably would not have approved so just as well she evacuated.

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