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Classical Clip of the Month for June 2005
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Florence Foster Jenkins

The Nightengale:
Der Hölle Rache

Florence Foster Jenkins, "singer"
Cosmé McMoon, piano

   

While the comedy of Victor Borge last month represented the stylings of a professional comic genius, this month we visit that most famous of unintentional comedians: the incomparable Florence Foster Jenkins. Though there are not many extant recordings of her "performances," they certainly rate as required listening for all serious musicians (and perhaps some less-than-serious ones, too).


       

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