Article Title
Keywords
Sanctus, CD, Jussi Bjoerling Rarities
Abstract
The wonderful CD "Jussi Bjoerling Rarities" (VAIA 1189) contains much welcome material, including what is indeed a rarity: a musical error committed by our tenor. When I listened for the first time to the "Sanctus" from Gounod's "St. Cecilia Mass" in English (HHP A51, the Ford Sunday Evening Hour broadcast of November 13, 1938), I detected a digression from the score in the second solo tenor passage. Having sung the is piece numerous times myself, I wondered if my memory of it had faded with the years, so I received my copy of the score and investigated. Surely enough, I discovered that Jussi had got lost and required several measures to get back on track.
Recommended Citation
Pruitt, Donald
(2001)
"Jussi and the Gounod "Sanctus","
Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK: Vol. 13:
No.
1, Article 11.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jussibjorlingsociety/vol13/iss1/11