{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"So Lit Song Lit","title":"Pauline Viardot (ft. Dr. Melanie Taylor)","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1602,"description":"Pauline Viardot (1821-1910) was one of the most important musicians of her time. An opera singer and concert pianist as well as a composer, she spoke at least 5 languages fluently and composed stylistically correct in each of those languages! She also taught voice and composed many of her songs to teach her students. This episode focuses on her French mélodies.\nWe are very excited to have Dr. Melanie Taylor, soprano, with us for this episode; she did her doctoral thesis on Pauline Viardot's songs, and has lots of incredible stories of her life to share with us! Her thesis was titled The Songs of Pauline Viardot-Garcia: Proposed Alternatives to Commonly Assigned Repertoire in the University Voice Studio.\nMusical clips performed by Toni Marie Palmertree, soprano, and Ellen Rissinger, piano:\nHavanaise\nHaï luli\nBonjour mon cœur\nMazurka No. 31 in Ab (Chopin)\nSeize ans\n\nRecorded at Morningstar Studios in Norristown, PA.\n\n***\nSo Lit Song Lit is a production of Cincinnati Song Initiative. You can learn more about its network of podcasts at cincinnatisonginitiative.org/podcasts.\nYou can follow Ellen and The Diction Police on Facebook and at www.dictionpolice.com.\nYou can follow Toni Marie on Facebook at Toni Marie Palmertree, soprano and Instagram @ToniMariePalmertree\nYou can find out more about Dr. Melanie Taylor at her website.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/fEtM9LFa_exmIkKdhBufSjZ39nh5oKj3Ig-WOAZOcJM/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzM2MTUyLzE2Njgw/ODg5OTMtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}