Saturday, April 08, 2006

The best of all possible Candides

Here is a page that goes into far more detail about all the different versions of Leonard Bernstein's Candide than I knew possible: maps to all the different versions, song variations, two full libretti (the 1956 original and a draft version of the 1974 redo), even Voltaire's original novel.

I've long noticed that Dorothy Parker was listed as one of the lyricists, and always wondered what bits were hers. Now I know! She wrote this bit:
Lady Frilly, Lady Silly,
Pretty Lady Willy-Nilly,
Lady Lightly, Lady Brightly,
Charming Lady Fly-by-Nightly.

My Lady Fortune found me.
What a joy to have around me
Lovely ladies, six or seven.
This is my idea of Heaven.
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