Richard Inger - Jewish Israeli Songs

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A1	The Schuden (Barber of Seville) Lyrics By, Arranged By – Richard Inger
A2	Eli Eli Arranged By – Richard Inger
A3	Israel Lyrics By, Arranged By – Dave Cash , Richard Inger
B1	Negev Arranged By – Richard Inger
B2	Sim Shalom Arranged By – Richard inger
B3	Artzi (Homeland) Arranged By – Richard Inger

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• Published By – Ama Music Corp. – T-22

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AMA Music Corp., 1650 Broadway, New York 19, N.Y.

RICHARD INGER, the Ger-man-born, Viennese-trained baritone, courted and married his wife during the same month in Israel in which he gave 42 solo concerts, according to jacket notes for “Jewish-Israeli Songs” (Tikva). Something of this aweinspiring energy is felt in his recording, which includes “The Shudchen,” a patter-song set to the Figaro aria from “The Barber of Seville.” The result, of course, is detrimental to good music, but not all the blame is Inger’s, since he only wrote the lyrics and arranged the music. Rossini composed the opera. The virile singer shoulders his way through five other numbers, all bearing the stamp of vigor, but of not much else. Inger essentially is a popular singer, and like so many of his contemporaries, serio-clas-sical tradition defeats him. (Jewish Post, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 September 1956)