Coward’s here, just when we need one

Coward’s here, just when we need one

Album Of The Week

norman lebrecht

November 11, 2023

From the Lebrecht Album of the Week:

In urgent need of what the P. G. Wodehouse butler Jeeves called a pick-me-up, I turned to the frivolity of the Flapper Age when a party did not begin to swing until Noel Coward or one of the Gershwins got a rhythm going at the semi-tuned upright piano. The 1920s were a time of escapism and amnesia; whatever you do, don’t mention the war….

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Comments

  • Sam's Hot Car Lot says:

    …and don’t let’s be beastly to the Germans.

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