So Lit Song Lit

This is So Lit Song Lit, where we reimagine the repertoire by introducing less familiar songs through sound clips and lively discussion! Together we’ll be exploring songs by composers that you may or may not have heard of already, showing how they compare to standard works, and giving you a taste of what they sound like. Join us down the rabbit hole as we expand the song canon!

So Lit Song Lit is a music podcast hosted by Cincinnati Song Initiative, with 85 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Cincinnati Song Initiative hosts So Lit Song Lit, a music show with 85 episodes published.

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  Episode #20

  Elinor Remick Warren

  May 19, 202619 minS4

  <p>Elinor Remick Warren (1900-1991) was already commissioned by G. Schirmer to compose art songs before she graduated high school. She was also a concert pianist and collaborative pianist who played for such singers as Lawrence Tibbett, and Kirsten Flagstad performed her songs. Her musical language is very accessible, with hints of French expanded harmonies and some very fun Straussian piano moments!</p><p>Musical clips performed by Toni Marie Palmertree, soprano, and Ellen Rissinger, piano:</p><p>All of these songs can be found in Centennial Album: 16 Songs (high voice) (low voice)</p>PianoMelody out of my heartLove’s Ri...

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  Episode #19

  Grażyna Bacewicz

  May 5, 202620 minS4

  <p>Grażyna Bacewicz (1909-1969) was a Polish composer of Lithuanian heritage. Her father taught all of his children to play violin and piano, as well as a little music theory, and she went on to become the concertmaster of the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra. After a serious car accident, she could no longer perform and then concentrated on composing. Another Nadia Boulanger student, her musical language is unique, very modern with a great deal of dissonance that comes out sounding incredibly beautiful!</p><p>Musical clips performed by Toni Marie Palmertree, soprano, and Ellen Rissinger, piano:</p>1st G...

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  Episode #18

  Margarete Schweikert

  Apr 21, 202617 minS4

  <p>Margarete Schweikert (1887-1957) was the daughter of amateur musicians who went on to become a music critic, pianist, and violinist in her own right, as well as a composer. Her music is all collected at the Badische Landesbibliothek in Karlsruhe, Germany, including 160 Lieder! </p><p>We also mentioned the composer Clemens von und zu Franckenstein--he has some incredibly beautiful Lieder, but since he was composing around the time of Strauss, his name has been mostly lost. His opera Li Tai Pe was recently performed in Germany, and Eastman Library has collected some of his Lieder.</p><p>Musical clips...

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  Episode #17

  Poldowski

  Apr 7, 202617 minS4

  <p>Poldowski (née Régine Wieniawski) (1879-1932) was born in Brussels to an exceptionally musical family. Her father was Polish and her mother British, and eventually she moved to London for the remainder of her life. The Verlaine settings have a great deal of French influence; she also has a set of songs of William Blake poems.</p><p>Musical clips performed by Toni Marie Palmertree, soprano, and Ellen Rissinger, piano:</p><p>Songs to Texts by Paul Verlaine:</p>SpleenMandolineL'heure exquiseFantoches<p><br>Recorded at Morningstar Studios in Norristown, PA.</p><p><br>***<br>So Lit Song Lit is...

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  Episode #16

  Jane Vieu & Mel Bonis

  Mar 31, 202618 minS4

  <p>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.</p><p>For anyone who has never heard Anna Russell, check out the YouTube clip of her with Canto dolciamente pipo (her Italian is intentionally not perfect!).</p><p>Musical clips performed by Toni Marie Palmertree, soprano, and Ellen Rissinger, piano:</p><p>Vieu (found in Anthology of Songs...

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