![]() ![]() These stuttering songs fit naturally into a coarse period whose popular music mocked the Irish, Jews, Asians, and blacks.Īnd in all these cases, modern audiences can only await their cue from the victims to benefit from, even enjoy, such creations. Now, thanks to this page from Judy Kuster (part of a site containing rich material), I find a plethora of further links, worth reading together with two splendid discussions, here and here.īy the rise of vaudeville, the stuttering song was established enough that it was considered its own small genre, a specialty for comic singers- Sammy Stammers, from 1894, is a typical example. ![]() Baroque, vaudeville, fieldwork, and bluesĪs part of my series on stammering I’ve already featured several songs about speech impediments, like There once was a man from Calcutta, Rossini’s “stupefaction ensemble”, Gepopo, and Uri Caine’s take on Bach.
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