Ungeduld

While these early singers on record were using some of the same devices as in David Breckbill's talk, none were so extreme or wayward as Herr von Krauss, not even the famous Leo Slezak performance of Schubert's "Ungeduld," which was also a star of Reactions to the Record I.

Day 2: Reactions to the Record II Lisa Hirsch 2009

Plack talked her way through "Ungeduld," over Crutchfield's piano, to better follow the shape and rhythm of the words.

Day 2: Reactions to the Record II Lisa Hirsch 2009

While these early singers on record were using some of the same devices as in David Breckbill's talk, none were so extreme or wayward as Herr von Krauss, not even the famous Leo Slezak performance of Schubert's "Ungeduld," which was also a star of Reactions to the Record I.

Archive 2009-01-01 Lisa Hirsch 2009

Plack talked her way through "Ungeduld," over Crutchfield's piano, to better follow the shape and rhythm of the words.

Archive 2009-01-01 Lisa Hirsch 2009

While these early singers on record were using some of the same devices as in David Breckbill's talk, none were so extreme (or wayward) as Herr von Krauss, not even the famous Leo Slezak performance of Schubert's "Ungeduld," which was also a star of Reactions to the Record I. Plack and Crutchfield then demonstrated how they'd attempted to get back to the older style.

Iron Tongue of Midnight 2009

Plack talked her way through "Ungeduld," over Crutchfield's piano, to better follow the shape and rhythm of the words.

Iron Tongue of Midnight 2009

For all of the ethereal qualities of his touch and demeanor, his is a storyteller's gift; he cast himself into the brusque joviality of the Hunter's song in "Waldszenen," or propelled himself giddily through "Ungeduld" ( "Impatience") in "Davidsbündlertänze," without self-consciousness, shifting shapes fluidly rather than striking a series of poses.

Music review: András Schiff at Strathmore Anne Midgette 2010

In my opinion, no book of his deserves reissue more than his one novel, Beware of Pity (Ungeduld des Herzens, 1938). [

Summerset Bangs from Oldtown 2009