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	Flanders and Swann - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The duo "Flanders and Swann" was composed of British actor and singer Michael Flanders (1922–1975) and composer and linguist Donald Swann (1923–1994) who joined forces to write and perform comic songs in the two-man revues At The Drop Of A Hat and At The Drop Of Another Hat.
		Flanders and Swann attended the same school (Westminster School) but went their separate ways during the Second World War.
		Flanders and Swann's songs are characterised by wit, gentle satire, complex rhyming schemes, and memorable choruses.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Flanders_and_Swann (626 words)

	Donald Swann - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Donald Swann was born in Llanelli, Wales on September 30, 1923.
		At the same time, Swann was maintaining a prolific musical output, writing the music for several operas and operettas, and setting Tolkien's poems from The Lord of the Rings to music in The Road Goes Ever On collection.
		In 1992 Donald Swann was diagnosed with cancer, and he died at Trinity Hospice in South London on March 23, 1994.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Donald_Swann (352 words)

	Michael Flanders - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Michael Flanders was born in London on March 1, 1922.
		The son of an actor and a professional violinist, Flanders' ambition from an early age was to work in the theatre.
		Flanders survived the attack, but contracted poliomyelitis as a result, and spent the rest of his life from 1943 onwards in a wheelchair.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Michael_Flanders (372 words)

	Flanders & Swann - masters of revue (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Flanders thought himself a writer of comic songs and Swann said of him that he was "at once a poet, an actor and a master of a very curious skill - spontaneous improvisation".
		Flanders joined the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve and although he survived a torpedo attack off Africa he succumbed to polio in 1943 and was confined to a wheelchair.
		Flanders and Swann's appeal was to the ordinary man frustrated by the conveniences, or rather inconveniences, of modem life.
	www.johnbarber.com /flanders.html (992 words)

	ninemsn Encarta - Search Results - Flanders and Swann (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Flanders and Swann, British musical duo, celebrated for their witty songs and revues.
		Flanders (historical region) (French, Flandre; Flemish, Vlaanderen), historic principality of northern Europe that is now an extensive region...
		Flanders (administrative region), (Flemish Vlanderen), administrative region in northern Belgium consisting of five provinces: West Flanders, East...
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	Swann Camera (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		''Swann'' is a 1987 novel by the late Carol Shields which details the impact of an obscure Canadian poet, Mary Swann, upon four individuals: a feminist literary critic, the poet's biographer, a small-town librarian, and a crusty, brilliant newspaper editor.
		Flanders and Swann were British actor and singer Michael Flanders (1922–1975) and composer and linguist Donald Swann (1923–1994) who joined forces to write and perform comic songs in the two-man revues ''At The Drop Of A Hat'' and ''At The Drop Of Another Hat''.
		In December 2004, Swann indicated that he was considering seeking the Republican nomination for Governor of Pennsylvania in the 2006 election.
	www.blownspeakers.com /pages3/86/swann-camera.html (1117 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - Michael Flanders and Donald Swann - A658857
		Donald Ibrahim Swann was born on 30 Sept, 1923 in Llanelli of, Russian parents - although his great-grandfather was originally British and had emigrated in turn to Russia.
		Swann was a conscientious objector, serving in the Friends' Ambulance Corps in both Greece and Palestine.
		Donald Swann was a very self-effacing man, and it is surprising to realise that he was actually a brilliant scholar and musician.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/alabaster/A658857 (1247 words)

	Flanders & Swann: Reviews, Discography, Audio Clips, and more \|\|\| Music.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Their medium was cabaret; Swann was a gifted pianist, composer, and linguist and Flanders a talented raconteur and lyricist with a sharp eye for satire.
		Meeting at school, Flanders and Swann first performed a revue together in 1940, although this was not the beginnings of their partnership; Flanders aspired to be an actor.
		In 1966 and 1967, Flanders and Swann returned to the United States and Canada for another tour, and in 1967 Swann broke up the partnership.
	music.com /group/flanders_and_swann/1 (624 words)

	The Complete Flanders and Swann Music at Shop Ireland
		In the same way, Flanders & Swann remain relevant because their material was selected with care to tap into the eternal concerns of middle-class audiences.
		Michael Flanders is expert with language, Donald Swann with music: the latter achieving the highest art -- that of singing counterpoint with MF while playing the perfect accompanist on the piano to them both.
		Flanders and Swann epitomise the 1950s and 1960s revue and (gently but somehow more powerfully) satirical comedy (c.f Tom Lehrer).
	www.shopireland.ie /music/reviews/B000006T4S (598 words)

	Flanders and Swann -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Their songs were performed by artists such as Ian Wallace and (Click link for more info and facts about Joyce Grenfell) Joyce Grenfell.
		In December 1956, Flanders and Swann hired the New Lindsey Theatre, (Click link for more info and facts about Notting Hill) Notting Hill, to perform their own two-man revue At The Drop Of A Hat, which opened on New Year's Eve.
		Ill Wind - sung to the tune of (The music of Mozart) Mozart's (One of the bony outgrowths on the heads of certain ungulates) Horn Concerto in E flat major (K. The Reluctant Cannibal - An argument between father and son (Son: 'Eating people is wrong', Father: 'Must have been someone he ate').
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/F/Fl/Flanders_and_Swann.htm (543 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - Flanders and Swann - Musicians
		Donald Ibrahim Swann was born on 30 September, 1923, in Llanelli of Russian parents - although his great-grandfather was originally British and had emigrated in turn to Russia.
		Flanders was called up to the RNVR where he served on a destroyer.
		The music of Flanders and Swann remained popular with the young and old throughout and after their lives, attracting Royalty to the revues and often compelling them to join in with the singing!
	www.bbc.co.uk /h2g2/guide/A417142 (1128 words)

	MusicStrands :: Biography of Flanders & Swann (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Flanders also appeared extensively on radio, and later, television, in programmes ranging from sports commentary to poetry readings, and including a spell of two years as chairman of The Brains Trust.
		Meanwhile, Flanders was still continuing with his other work, writing, broadcasting and performing theatrical speech recitals.
		In that same year, a musical celebration of the works of Michael Flanders and Donald Swann, entitled Under Their Hats, was presented at the King's Head Theatre in London.
	www.musicstrands.com /action/detailArtistBio/artistId/27003 (703 words)

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		'Flanders and Swann' were now household words and their RECORDINGS, produced by George Martin, were best-sellers.
		After Michael's death Claudia was asked to open the 'Michael Flanders Centre' in Acton and founded the charity TRIPSCOPE to champion better transport and access for the disabled.
		Laura and Stephanie Flanders are both accomplished journalists and broadcasters and reside in New York.
	www.donaldswann.co.uk /flanders.html (927 words)

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		Donald Swann will forever be popularly known as the musical half of the comic song writing duo Flanders & Swann; but the quintessential Englishness of that satiric output belies his exotic roots - Donald's middle name, Ibrahím, is a clue.
		Donald Swann and Michael Flanders had been performing their own songs at cast read-throughs and private parties for some years often, as they would say "at the drop of a hat"; they gradually honed their material as a double-act.
		The Swann Singers were to perform most of Donald's major vocal writing for the rest of his life; including his REQUIEM FOR THE LIVING (written with C. Day Lewis), his Jewish cantata THE FIVE SCROLLS (with Rabbi Albert Friedlander) and SOLILOQUY FOR AUTUMN - a meditative anthology.
	www.donaldswann.co.uk /biog.html (1991 words)

	Buy Chamber Music: Complete Flanders & Swann (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Before Monty Python, before the Beatles, before ''Enery the Aigth Oi Am' there was the subtle, sweet, insdious humor of Flanders and Swann, and their lyrics remain part of the recognition rituals of Ivy Leaguers of the sixties.
		The great comedic pairing of the late Michael Flanders (vocals) and Donald Swann (piano and occasional vocals) must surely rank among the hall of fame of comic singers and songwriters.
		Flanders is in fine voice throughout and his comments introducing each song are delivered with deadpan accuracy.
	classical.video-dvd.com.ru /C_5318/G_B000006T4S/Complete-Flanders-&-Swann.html (1920 words)

	Flanders and Swann Online - At the Drop of a hat
		A collection of Flanders and Swann song and monologue lyrics: sorted by album or song title.
		Many thanks to Leon Berger, the archivist of the Flanders and Swann estates, and to the families of the late Michael Flanders and Donald Swann for permission to operate this website.
		Please note: the Works of Flanders & Swann are copyright material and may not be reproduced or performed without the consent of THE FLANDERS & SWANN ESTATES.
	www.nyanko.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk /fas (193 words)

	Flanders and Swann Online - Biography
		In 1936, Michael Flanders and Donald Swann met at school in Westminster.
		Little did they know at that point the partnership they were going to make in later years, to become famous and release several recordings of their highly successful revues, and remembered for many years after their deaths.
		The music of Flanders and Swann, however, remained popular with the young and old throughout and after their lives, attracting Royalty to the revues and often compelling them to join in with the singing!
	www.nyanko.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk /fas/biog.html (601 words)

	Swann
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		Swann Galleries Auctioneers, New YorkSwann Galleries conducts auctions of rare and antiguarian books, maps and atlases, autographs and...
		Flanders and Swann Online - At the Drop of a hatPlease note: The Flanders and Swann online site has moved, to: http://www.
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	Amazon.com: Music: Complete Flanders & Swann [BOX SET] [IMPORT] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		As a child i grew up listening to Flanders and Swann and as a family we delighted in reciting whole songs to eachother.
		Thirty two years later and Flanders and Swann still play on in my head, and i still find myself singing gems like "I'm a Gnu" and "Misalliance" on a regular basis.
		After listening to them for nearly forty years, the songs of Flanders and Swann remain as fresh as ever, and still make me laugh after all this time.
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		It takes a team like Michael Flanders and D o n a 1 d Swann to remind us what humor really is. Very different 'At the Drop of Another Hat,' currently playing at the W i 1 b u r Theatre, is everything that Amer- can entertainment is not.
		There are only two performers: Swann plays the piano, Flanders carries the continuity, and both sing.
		Throughout the show, Flanders sits in his wheelchair like some great, hairy Buddha, while Swam peers imp- ishly from behind his glasses and laughs uproariously at his part- ner's jokes.
	www-tech.mit.edu /archives/VOL_086/TECH_V086_S0350_P007.txt (922 words)

	Flanders (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		John Flanders, a pseudonym of the Belgian writer
		Michael Flanders was a member of the duo Flanders and Swann
		This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title.
	www.sevenhills.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Flanders_(disambiguation) (158 words)

	Cd Flanders & Swann (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Accueil > Variétés internationales > Flanders & Swann
		Flanders & Swann - Je Suis Le Tenebreux
		Flanders & Swann - The Youth Of The Heart
	www.virginmega.fr /varietes-internationales/flanders-swann_1792.htm (191 words)

	Flanders and Swann - hippo encore - Last.fm (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		18 people have listened to hippo encore by Flanders and Swann.
		Of all 112 people that have listened to songs by Flanders and Swann, this represents 16.1%.
		We don't have an image for Flanders and Swann yet.
	www.last.fm /music/Flanders+and+Swann/_/hippo+encore (73 words)

	Moviefone: Flanders and Swann Movie
		Flanders and Swann met in school and performed together in their first revue in 1940.
		Flanders and Swann fans will doubtless turn directly to "The Hippopotamus." As a piano player, I'm only a duffer with no formal training, and I suspect "The...
		The Only Flanders and Swann Video 1992 PMI MVP 99133393 Recording for TV of their last night on Broadway in April 1967.
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	The Songs of Michael Flanders & Donald Swann
		Their last hat dropped in 1968 and 9 years passed before the words and music of Michael Flanders and Donald Swann were finally published.
		Donald had never written down the music and played the shows extemporaneously from the lyrics; Michael thought the songs "wouldn't sound like much anyhow" taken out of the show's context, so the collection wasn't completed until two years after his death.
		It went out of print in the mid 1980's and was finally re-released in 1996.
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	BBC - h2g2 - Flanders and Swann - A119855
		BBC - h2g2 - Flanders and Swann - A119855
		camps are divided into those who have heard of Michael Flanders and Donald Swann and those who look blank.
		Flanders (the beautiful and bearded one) wrote the words, and Swann (the Enid Blyton of english light music) wrote the music.
	cgi.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/classic/A119855 (351 words)

	At the Drop of a Hat - smart.shop
		The identity of the recording can be determined in the first minute from Flanders' introduction of Swann as "noted composer, pianist, linguist, also contains lanolin" - in the Fortune Theatre recording he is introduced as "noted composer, pianist, linguist, and all round egghead".
		One of his favorites was this album by Flanders and Swann.
		I first encountered Flanders and Swan on the LP version of this recording forty years ago.
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	"Songs from the Exotic", Weir, Flanders and Swann, Bennett, Woodforde-Finden, Holst, Browne, Tippett, Coward, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		"Songs from the Exotic", Weir, Flanders and Swann, Bennett, Woodforde-Finden, Holst, Browne, Tippett, Coward, Philips, Berkeley, Jack, Stevenson, Muldowney.
		Flanders and Swann might be perceived as popular entertainers but the sheer brilliance of their inventiveness and use of language deserves a place in the canon of English song.
		Like the songs of Noel Coward, their music epitomises the irreverence that lurks beneath the fabled English reserve : an understated dry wit that subverts pretension.
	www.musicweb-international.com /SandH/2004/May-Aug04/weekend3.htm (1020 words)

	Flanders & Swann (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		I was first introduced to Flanders and Swann properly a couple of years ago, when Jon played me "Ill Wind", their reworking of a movement from one of Mozart's horn concertos.
		I wouldn't go so far as to say that it was an instant conversion - the sudden moment of clarity, the enlightenment - like the way I first came to know Pink Floyd, for example.
		Although, as Jon pointed out, if Flanders and Swann missed having a slow, slightly lumbering rail service we can only wonder what they'd have thought of things today.
	www.reallyfaithfulgroup.org.uk /Misc/flanders.html (507 words)

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