Monday, October 25, 2021

Danny Kaye Conducts Rossini

My mother always talked about what a good conductor Danny Kaye was, and even though he couldn't read music (notice he is not conducting from score), he understood the language of music, particularly the physical language of music, extremely well. Usually when orchestras have celebrity guest conductors they keep their eyes on the music or the concertmaster. With Danny Kaye they clearly can't keep their eyes off the conductor.



Because I can, I'm indulging in one more musical Danny Kaye video:



and one more (non-music-related classic), just in case you haven't seen it. It really like a patter song without a melody.



One more conducting video, just because . . .

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