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The Girls of Gottenberg
First line:
Once in the window of a ham and beef shop
composer
first performed on 15 May 1907 at the Gaiety Theatre
author of text
The Girls of Gottenberg (Gaiety, 15 May 1907) was based on a recent incident at Köpenick, just outside Berlin, when a shoemaker posed as a Prussian officer and took over the city hall. The incident did little more than provide an excuse for poking some light-hearted fun at the Germans, as in the duet Two little sausages, performed by Gertie Millar as an innkeeper’s daughter and Edmund Payne as Max Moddelkopf.
from notes by Andrew Lamb © 2008
Recordings
 Monckton: Songs from the showsCDA67654Archive Service  Lionel Monckton was among the finest British melodists, ranking as such with the likes of Arthur Sullivan and Ivor Novello. This new recording is the perfect introduction to his charming songs and features soloists Catherine Bott and Richard Suart—th ...» More |
Details
No 20: Two little sausages
Once in the window of a ham and beef shop
Two little sausages
Artists
ISRC
GB-AJY-08-65420
Duration
2'39
Recording date
3 July 2007
Recording venue
St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, United Kingdom
Recording producer
Adrian Peacock
Recording engineer
Tony Faulkner
Hyperion usage
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Monckton: Songs from the shows (CDA67654)
Disc 1 Track 20
Release date: April 2008
Deletion date: August 2013
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