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Londonderry heirs: Michael Dervan listen to a century's worth of Irish tenors.(Brief Article)
It takes a journey of some 3,000 miles across an ocean to find the origin of the particular aura evoked by "Irish tenors." The clue is the source of the ballads with which Irish singers from John McCormack down have lulled and charmed their listeners. Singers such as William Scanlan (1856-98) and Chauncey Olcott (1858-1932), both U.S.-born, appeared in and wrote songs for variety shows that tugged at the heartstrings of Irish immigrants eager to soak up references to the homeland they had been forced to abandon. The titles give the flavor of what was involved: "Peggy O'Moore," "Mavourneen," "A Romance of Athlone," "My Wild Irish Rose." Olcott wrote the lyrics for "Mother ...
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