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| comment | | "parent_author":"",<br>"parent_permlink":"teafortwo",<br>"author":"nigelmarkdias",<br>"permlink":"why-mum-loved-tea-for-two",<br>"title":"Why Mum loved \"Tea for two\"",<br>"body":"Its not only values that we,<br> as children,<br> caught from our parents,<br> but also,<br> acquired tastes in fashion,<br> literature,<br> & the arts. Dad & Mum had both [eclectic & pedestrian tastes in music,<br> (https:\/\/steemit.com\/poetry\/@nigelmarkdias\/remembering-dad) for their time. For example,<br> Mum loved the Beatles,<br> Chopin & Strauss. \n### Bombay,<br> Bollywood,<br> Mumbai\nhttp:\/\/ns.ibnlive.in.com\/embeds\/img\/1301\/aradhana.jpg\nWe grew up in Bombay,<br> when it was still Bombay. \nEven with city changing its name to Mumbai,<br> the [Hindi movie business is still Bollyood. ( https:\/\/youtu.be\/HxJH9kXo_3o) Bombay's 1950s & 1960s Bollywood's produced [excellent,<br> cutting-edge Hindi music,<br> (https:\/\/youtu.be\/y01uvU0UAoU) but,<br> with [a few exceptions,<br> (https:\/\/youtu.be\/vo1MykK4u8U) the [_Western_,<br> (https:\/\/youtu.be\/VxGMr4z2wbw) [_cabaret_ (https:\/\/youtu.be\/lVKEMOenP-o) numbers skirted [copyright ligitation. (https:\/\/youtu.be\/S9s-EP3oWJQ) When we were young we played the,<br> [_which song is this copied from?_ (https:\/\/youtu.be\/R1h1onWln_4) game. \n### Serendipity\n##### When you get answers to questions that you did not even ask.\n![Mum-Liz.jpg (https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmXAYZRUCj5jCrJwN9Cdi8AaenLGbfa45kbr14xsPsCi6k\/Mum-Liz.jpg)\nIt was while browsing through [my sister's Facebook picture with our mother,<br> (http:\/\/www.bestadsontv.com\/profile\/137592\/elizabeth-dias) that I was reminded that Mum specifically loved [_Tea for Two_. (https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tea_for_Two_(song)) I also thought that this was a good way to further introduce the Steemit community to some part of my background & to where I come from.\n##### Serendipity.\nI regret that I had never asked her why when she was alive. \nSo,<br> I began my quest to get into her head. \nFirst,<br> with the aid of [machine search (https:\/\/www.google.ae\/search?q=tea+for+two&oq=tea+&aqs=chrome.0.69i59j69i60j69i61j69i60j69i57j0.3219j1j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8),<br> then manually scouring some family letters & through humint i.e. talking to people.\nHere we go.\n### Chicago,<br> Broadway: No,<br> No,<br> Nanette \n[_Tea for Two_,<br> (http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0043030\/) the song which originally from the 1925 musical [_No,<br> No,<br> Nanette_. (https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/No,<br>_No,<br>_Nanette) \n_Tea for Two_ made its first appearance on Broadway\n_Music: Vincent Youman\nLyrics: Irving Caesar. \nDuet sung by Nanette and Tom,<br> played by [Louise Groody (https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Louise_Groody) & [Jack Barker (http:\/\/broadwaymusicalhome.com\/shows\/nanette.htm) in Act II as they imagine their future._\nhttps:\/\/www.musicals101.com\/images\/teafortwo.jpg\nBased on the original 1925 orchestration,<br> Jason Graae & Rebecca Luker perform _Tea For Two_.\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/uTegBjrZ4IQ\n## Tahiti Trot: Shostakovich,<br> Opus 16\nhttps:\/\/www.russianartandbooks.com\/russianart\/images\/items\/00507S.jpg\nAfter listening to it on a phonograph,<br> conductor [Nikolai Malko,<br> (http:\/\/www.morethanthenotes.com\/read-the-book\/nikolai-malko) in 1927 challenged composer [Dmitri Shostakovich (http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/books\/page-turner\/julian-barnes-and-the-shostakovich-wars) to compose an arrangement of _Tea For Two_ . Malko wagered 100 roubles for Shostakovich to re-orchestrate the song from memory in under an hour. Shostakovich won; in 45 minutes. His \"Tea for Two\" arrangement,<br> _Opus 16_,<br> was incorporated into the _Tahiti Trot_ in his ballet _The Golden Age_.\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/XeztLHt_ZNs\n## The movie: Tea for two\nhttp:\/\/cineplex.media.baselineresearch.com\/images\/337361\/337361_full.jpg\n_Tea for Two_ has been extensively covered through the 20th century including Doris Day & Gordon MacRae in _Tea for Two_,<br> in 1950 in the eponymous movie.\n https:\/\/youtu.be\/D0MtzQDltr0\n## Art Tatum\nhttps:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/h15RRPxEs5I\/maxresdefault.jpg\nAs _Tea for Two_,<br> the jazz standard,<br> its composition was turned on its head by the likes of [Thelonious Monk's Skippy,<br> (https:\/\/youtu.be\/20hQfZ56uwk) & [Anita O'Day. (https:\/\/youtu.be\/WTOHZXFEO5c)\n[Art Tatum's (http:\/\/www.biography.com\/people\/art-tatum-9502561) _Tea for Two_,<br> in 1933,<br> beat James P Johnson & Fats Waller,<br> in a [cutting contest. (https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cutting_contest)\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/KxadblDT6zI\n## Yuja Wang\nhttp:\/\/blog.asianinny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC_1583.jpg\nMy favourite,<br> _Tea for two_ [Yuja Wang. (https:\/\/youtu.be\/FEulYHnPfaQ) stays close to Shostakovich.\n[Yuja Wang (http:\/\/yujawang.com\/) works with Claudio Abbado,<br> Daniel Barenboim,<br> Valery Gergiev,<br> Michael Tilson Thomas,<br> Antonio Pappano,<br> Charles Dutoit,<br> and Zubin Mehta.\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/MCUjdgdqE90\n\n### What music do you like?\nDo join the conversation.\n\n-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n### You may also like\n#### Similar posts\n [How to make your own Mumbai Cutting Chai (https:\/\/steemit.com\/food\/@nigelmarkdias\/how-to-make-your-own-mumbai-cutting-chai)\n[Remembering Dad (https:\/\/steemit.com\/poetry\/@nigelmarkdias\/remembering-dad)\n#### Similar publications\n[The Thinking Man (https:\/\/medium.com\/the-thinking-man)\n[Personal blog (https:\/\/nigelmarkdias.blogspot.ae\/)\n#### Food for thought\n[Are you willing to carry someone's miracle? 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(https:\/\/steemit.com\/angelinvestment\/@nigelmarkdias\/forget-about-making-money-on-steemit-for-now)\n[Most Americans don't want freedom; they want security (https:\/\/steemit.com\/freedom\/@nigelmarkdias\/most-americans-don-t-want-freedom-they-want-security)\n[When I leave the US Senate,<br> I am still going to be black (https:\/\/steemit.com\/freedom\/@nigelmarkdias\/when-i-leave-the-us-senate-i-am-still-going-to-be-black)\n[The Hudson Institute recommends that Pakistan not be designated a state sponsor of terrorism. Yet. (https:\/\/steemit.com\/freedom\/@nigelmarkdias\/the-hudson-institute-recommends-that-pakistan-not-be-designated-a-state-sponsor-of-terrorism-yet)\n[Gold Is Money (https:\/\/steemit.com\/money\/@nigelmarkdias\/gold-is-money)\n[An Open Internet? (https:\/\/steemit.com\/freedom\/@nigelmarkdias\/an-open-internet)\n### Inspiration\n[Just as Andy Grove did (https:\/\/steemit.com\/business\/@nigelmarkdias\/just-as-andy-grove-did)\n____________________________________________________________________________________________________\nPlease follow me on:\n[Twitter (https:\/\/twitter.com\/nigelmarkdias)\n[Instagram (https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nigelmarkdias\/)",<br>"json_metadata":" \"tags\":[\"teafortwo\",<br>\"hollywood\",<br>\"movies\",<br>\"broadway\",<br>\"bollywood\" ,<br>\"image\":[\"http:\/\/ns.ibnlive.in.com\/embeds\/img\/1301\/aradhana.jpg\",<br>\"https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmXAYZRUCj5jCrJwN9Cdi8AaenLGbfa45kbr14xsPsCi6k\/Mum-Liz.jpg\",<br>\"https:\/\/www.musicals101.com\/images\/teafortwo.jpg\",<br>\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/uTegBjrZ4IQ\/0.jpg\",<br>\"https:\/\/www.russianartandbooks.com\/russianart\/images\/items\/00507S.jpg\",<br>\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/XeztLHt_ZNs\/0.jpg\",<br>\"http:\/\/cineplex.media.baselineresearch.com\/images\/337361\/337361_full.jpg\",<br>\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/D0MtzQDltr0\/0.jpg\",<br>\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/h15RRPxEs5I\/maxresdefault.jpg\",<br>\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/KxadblDT6zI\/0.jpg\",<br>\"http:\/\/blog.asianinny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC_1583.jpg\",<br>\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/MCUjdgdqE90\/0.jpg\" ,<br>\"links\":[\"https:\/\/steemit.com\/poetry\/@nigelmarkdias\/remembering-dad\",<br>\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/HxJH9kXo_3o\",<br>\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/y01uvU0UAoU\",<br>\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/vo1MykK4u8U\",<br>\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/VxGMr4z2wbw\",<br>\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/lVKEMOenP-o\",<br>\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/S9s-EP3oWJQ\",<br>\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/R1h1onWln_4\",<br>\"http:\/\/www.bestadsontv.com\/profile\/137592\/elizabeth-dias\",<br>\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tea_for_Two_(song)\",<br>\"https:\/\/www.google.ae\/search?q=tea+for+two&oq=tea+&aqs=chrome.0.69i59j69i60j69i61j69i60j69i57j0.3219j1j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8\",<br>\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0043030\/\",<br>\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/No,<br>_No,<br>_Nanette\",<br>\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Louise_Groody\",<br>\"http:\/\/broadwaymusicalhome.com\/shows\/nanette.htm\",<br>\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/uTegBjrZ4IQ\",<br>\"http:\/\/www.morethanthenotes.com\/read-the-book\/nikolai-malko\",<br>\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/books\/page-turner\/julian-barnes-and-the-shostakovich-wars\",<br>\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/XeztLHt_ZNs\",<br>\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/D0MtzQDltr0\",<br>\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/20hQfZ56uwk\",<br>\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/WTOHZXFEO5c\",<br>\"http:\/\/www.biography.com\/people\/art-tatum-9502561\",<br>\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cutting_contest\",<br>\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/KxadblDT6zI\",<br>\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/FEulYHnPfaQ\",<br>\"http:\/\/yujawang.com\/\",<br>\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/MCUjdgdqE90\",<br>\"https:\/\/steemit.com\/food\/@nigelmarkdias\/how-to-make-your-own-mumbai-cutting-chai\",<br>\"https:\/\/medium.com\/the-thinking-man\",<br>\"https:\/\/nigelmarkdias.blogspot.ae\/\",<br>\"https:\/\/steemit.com\/inspiration\/@nigelmarkdias\/are-you-willing-to-carry-someone-miracle\",<br>\"https:\/\/steemit.com\/socialmedia\/@nigelmarkdias\/how-to-navigate-the-minefield-of-social-media\",<br>\"https:\/\/steemit.com\/steemit\/@nigelmarkdias\/how-to-succeed-on-steemit-guaranteed\",<br>\"https:\/\/steemit.com\/business\/@nigelmarkdias\/how-to-start-a-home-business-with-no-money\",<br>\"https:\/\/steemit.com\/childtrafficking\/@nigelmarkdias\/slavery-who-will-help-eradicate-child-trafficking\",<br>\"https:\/\/steemit.com\/angelinvestment\/@nigelmarkdias\/forget-about-making-money-on-steemit-for-now\",<br>\"https:\/\/steemit.com\/freedom\/@nigelmarkdias\/most-americans-don-t-want-freedom-they-want-security\",<br>\"https:\/\/steemit.com\/freedom\/@nigelmarkdias\/when-i-leave-the-us-senate-i-am-still-going-to-be-black\",<br>\"https:\/\/steemit.com\/freedom\/@nigelmarkdias\/the-hudson-institute-recommends-that-pakistan-not-be-designated-a-state-sponsor-of-terrorism-yet\",<br>\"https:\/\/steemit.com\/money\/@nigelmarkdias\/gold-is-money\",<br>\"https:\/\/steemit.com\/freedom\/@nigelmarkdias\/an-open-internet\",<br>\"https:\/\/steemit.com\/business\/@nigelmarkdias\/just-as-andy-grove-did\",<br>\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nigelmarkdias\",<br>\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nigelmarkdias\/\" ,<br>\"app\":\"steemit\/0.1\",<br>\"format\":\"markdown\" " |
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