A double dactyl on the subject of performing spoken chorus pieces in China

[lord_codfish]

"Rimini, Brindisi"--
If you are singing Ernst
Toch's work, the Fuge aus der
Geographie,

Though it is fun to say
"Popocatepetl",
Chanting "Tibet," you had
Best not add "Free!"

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How the heck have I never heard of the Geographical Fugue before now? It's like "Bulbous Bouffant" but with volcanoes! I stumbled across it on Youtube this morning and

Comments

[ophblekuwufu]

I give up...how the heck /have/ you never heard of the Geographical Fugue? I learned at least some of it at Mirman. It seems as though I've been encountering it everywhere in the last couple of years, including a post-G&S sing-through at a recent music party. But I'm glad you've found it. It's definitely a song that you of all people should know.

[lord_codfish]

I was presumably in China at the time...

There does not seem to be a significant difference between the fugue in English and in German, as far as I can tell. It's pretty cool in both languages.