{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"So Lit Song Lit","title":"Jane Vieu & Mel Bonis","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/fd403bc2\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1065,"description":"For your \"Twix-bar of an episode\", today we are talking about Jane Vieu (1871-1955) and Mel Bonis (1858-1937). Jane Vieu started composing at age 11 and studied composition with Massenet. Mel Bonis had rather Wagnerian-opera life story, due to her parents' attempts to control her--she became a musician despite their machinations.\nFor anyone who has never heard Anna Russell, check out the YouTube clip of her with Canto dolciamente pipo (her Italian is intentionally not perfect!).\nMusical clips performed by Toni Marie Palmertree, soprano, and Ellen Rissinger, piano:\nVieu (found in Anthology of Songs, the score is available from many libraries and through ILL):\nBelle au bois dormant\nChanson fleurie\nBonis:\nLe chat sur le toit\n\nRecorded at Morningstar Studios in Norristown, PA.\nExactly Counter: Ellen 1, Toni 1\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","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}