Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} The Bluebird of Happiness The Memoirs of by Jan Peerce Jan Peerce - Bluebird of Happiness Lyrics. The beggar man and the mighty king are only different in name, For they are treated just the same by fate. Today a smile and tomorrow a tear, we never know what's in store. So learn your lesson before it is too late. So be like I, hold your head up high 'til you find the bluebird of happiness. You will find greater peace of mind, knowing there's a bluebird of happiness. And when he sings to you, though you're deep in blue You will see a ray of light creep through And so remember this, life is no abyss Somewhere there's a bluebird of happiness. The poet with his pen, the peasant with his plow, It makes no different who you are, it's all the same somehow. The king upon his throne, the jester at his feet, the artist, the actress, the man on the street. It's a life of smiles and a life of tears It's a life of hopes and a life of fears. A blinding torrent of rain and a brilliant burst of sun, A biting tearing pain and bubbling sparkling fun. And no matter what you have, don't envy those you meet. It's all the same, it's in the game, the bitter and the sweet. And if things don't look so cheerful, just show a little fight. Fore every bit of darkness, there's a little bit of light. For every bit of hatred, there's a little bit of love. Fore every cloudy morning, there's a midnight moon above. So don't you forget, you must search 'til you find the bluebird. You will find peace and contentment forever, if you will be like I. Hold your head up high, 'til you see a ray of light appear. And so remember this, life is no abyss Somewhere there's a bluebird of happiness. ISBN 13: 9780060133115. The Bluebird of Happiness: The Memoirs of Jan Peerce. Levy, Alan ; Peerce, Jan. This specific ISBN edition is currently not available. The Bluebird of Happiness: The Memoirs of Jan Peerce. 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Signed First Edition "The Bluebird of Happiness: Memoirs of Jan Peerce" by Alan Levy. A signed first edition copy of The Bluebird of Happiness: Memoirs of Jan Peerce by Alan Levy. This book is presented in a blue cloth on board cover with gilt lettering to the spine. The book includes a signature by Jan Peerce, operatic and Broadway singer and was published by Harper & Row Publishers in 1975. Everything But The House does not authenticate celebrity memorabilia. Items that are consigned with Certificates or Letters of Authenticity ( COA ) are listed as such with the item’s description. Autographs without COAs are compared to authenticated examples from online sources prior to sale upload. Condition. - scuffs and stains to cover; edgewear and corner wear; some bends to pages. Lyrics Bluebird Of Happiness. The beggar man and the mighty king are only different in name, For they are treated just the same by fate. Today a smile and tomorrow a tear, we never know what's in store. So learn your lesson before it is too late. So be like I, hold your head up high 'til you find the bluebird of happiness. You will find greater peace of mind, knowing there's a bluebird of happiness. And when he sings to you, though you're deep in blue You will see a ray of light creep through And so remember this, life is no abyss Somewhere there's a bluebird of happiness. The poet with his pen, the peasant with his plow, It makes no different who you are, it's all the same somehow. The king upon his throne, the jester at his feet, The artist, the actress, the man on the street. It's a life of smiles and a life of tears It's a life of hopes and a life of fears. A blinding torrent of rain and a brilliant burst of sun, A biting tearing pain and bubbling sparkling fun. And no matter what you have, don't envy those you meet. It's all the same, it's in the game, the bitter and the sweet. And if things don't look so cheerful, just show a little fight. Fore every bit of darkness, there's a little bit of light. For every bit of hatred, there's a little bit of love. Fore every cloudy morning, there's a midnight moon above. So don't you forget, you must search 'til you find the bluebird. You will find peace and contentment forever, if you will be like I. Hold your head up high, 'til you see a ray of light appear. And so remember this, life is no abyss Somewhere there's a bluebird of happiness. Send "Bluebird of Happine. " Ringtone to your Mobile. Jan Peerce. Jan Peerce (June 3, 1904 – December 15, 1984) was an American operatic tenor. Peerce was an accomplished performer on the operatic and Broadway concert stages, in solo recitals, and as a recording artist. He is the father of film director Larry Peerce. [1] Contents. Family life. Jan Peerce was born Joshua Pincus Perelmuth . His parents, Louis and Henya Perelmuth, came from the village of Horodetz, formerly in Poland, now Belarus. [2] Their first child, a daughter, died in an epidemic. In 1903 they emigrated to America along with their second child, a boy named Mottel. A year later, on June 3, 1904, their third child, Joshua Pincus was born in a cold water flat in the Lower East Side, Manhattan, New York. He was nicknamed "Pinky" by his neighborhood friends. When he was three years old, his older brother Mottel was killed in an accident as he hitched a ride on an ice wagon. [2] Jan remained on the Lower East Side until his 1930 marriage to Alice Kalmanovitz (1907-1994), a childhood friend. He attended DeWitt Clinton High School and Columbia University. At his mother's urging he took violin lessons, [2] and gave public performances, including dance band work as Jack "Pinky" Pearl. Sometimes he also sang and it was soon discovered he was an exceptional lyric tenor. Peerce was the brother-in-law of fellow Jewish-American tenor Richard Tucker. He died at his home in New Rochelle, New York on December 15, 1984 at the age of 80. [3] [4] Peerce is interred at Mount Eden Cemetery in Valhalla, Westchester County. Concert career. Peerce studied singing in with Giuseppe Boghetti. In 1932 he was hired as a tenor soloist with the Radio City Music Hall company by the impresario Roxy, who renamed him John Pierce. They soon compromised on the spelling Jan Peerce, which the singer felt better reflected his ethnicity. Thanks to radio broadcasts and stage programs, Peerce soon had a nationwide following. The legendary maestro Arturo Toscanini heard him singing Wagner on the radio and was able to contact Peerce through a mutual friend to see if he would like to audition for him. Toscanini found him to be the tenor he had sought to sing operatic and choral works with the NBC Symphony Orchestra. The recordings made during, or following, the NBC broadcasts are among the outstanding musical legacies of the mid-20th century. Toscanini was reportedly pleased with Peerce's professionalism, as well as his musical talents and his unusually native-sounding Italian; many have said that Peerce was Toscanini's "favorite tenor" during the Maestro's 17 years at NBC. Peerce recalled that Toscanini never lost his temper the way he famously did with other musicians even though Peerce believed he had the right to, on a few occasions. Peerce first sang with Toscanini on February 6, 1938, in Carnegie Hall in a broadcast performance of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony; the soloists also included soprano Vina Bovy, mezzo soprano Kerstin Thorborg, and bass Ezio Pinza. [5] Peerce joined the roster of principal tenors at the Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company (PLSOC) in 1938. He made his professional opera debut with the company on December 10 of that year as the Duke of Mantua in Verdi's with Robert Weede in the title role and Fritz Mahler conducting. He also sang Alfredo in La traviata with Annunciata Garrotto as Violetta and Weede as Germont during the company's 1938- 1939 season. Peerce sang in several more performance with the PLSOC through 1941, singing Pinkerton in Puccini's Madama Butterfly with Elda Ercole as Cio-Cio-San, and reprising the roles of the Duke and Alfredo a number of times. In November 1939 Peerce performed his first solo recital in New York City. He made his debut with the Metropolitan Opera on November 29, 1941, singing Alfredo in Verdi's La traviata . He sang also the parts of Cavaradossi in Puccini's Tosca , Rodolfo in La bohème , and in Gounod's Faust . He was hailed by critics as the "All-American successor to the 'greats' of opera's almost extinct 'Golden Age'." [ citation needed ] In 1943 he appeared in the Office of War Information film, Hymn of the Nations , with Toscanini, the NBC Symphony Orchestra, and the Westminster Choir in a performance of Verdi's seldom-heard choral work. Filmed in NBC Studio 8-H, the performance has been issued on video-cassette and DVD. During the 1950s Peerce performed regularly as a featured soloist before audiences of over 14,000 guests under the conductor Alfredo Antonini at the Lewisohn Stadium in New York City. These Italian Night open-air concerts featured the New York Philharmonic and the Lewisohn Stadium Orchestra along with such operatic luminaries as Richard Tucker, Robert Merrill, and Eileen Farrell. [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] In 1956 Peerce made a sensation in Moscow as a musical "cultural exchange" ambassador, being the first American to sing with the famed Bolshoi Opera. He remained on the roster of the Metropolitan until 1966, appearing again in 1966-1967. He also taught a master class. In 1971 he made his Broadway debut as Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof . He continued to make occasional appearances until his retirement in 1982, remaining in fine voice. His last concert was on May 2, 1982, as the guest artist with the Beth Abraham Youth Chorale in Dayton, Ohio. [17] Recordings. Peerce's first recordings were made in 1931-1932, as a vocalist with New York area dance bands, using the names "Jack Pearl" and "Pinky Pearl." Several of these were with the Jack Berger Orchestra, with whom he was appearing at the Hotel Astor. They include popular hits of the day such as "Snuggled on Your Shoulder" and "Dancing on the Ceiling," and were issued on numerous smaller labels including Crown, Perfect, Banner and Melotone. [18] Peerce recorded almost exclusively for RCA Victor as a "Red Seal" artist from the late 1930s to the early 1960s before switching labels. Among his first RCA Victor recordings were as a featured soloist in Nathaniel Shilkret's 1939 tribute album to Victor Herbert. The year before that Peerce had been the tenor soloist in Toscanini's broadcast concert of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, but it would be several years before the Maestro approved a recording of that symphony for commercial release. Peerce sang in Toscanini's 1944 performance/broadcast of Beethoven's Fidelio with Rose Bampton, followed by the complete performances of Verdi's La traviata , Puccini's La bohème (both with Licia Albanese), and Verdi's Un ballo in maschera (with Herva Nelli), all eventually released on LP and CD. Peerce did not sing in Toscanini's broadcasts of Verdi's Otello , Aida , or Falstaff ; he was offered the tenor parts in the latter two but declined, believing his voice was not right for those roles. He also sang in the Madison Square Garden concert in 1944, which featured the final act of Rigoletto with Leonard Warren, Zinka Milanov, and Toscanini conducting the combined New York Philharmonic and NBC Symphony Orchestra; this performance was recorded and also released on LP and CD. In 1952, he participated in Toscanini's only studio recording of the Beethoven Ninth Symphony, which the Maestro finally allowed to be released commercially on the RCA Victor label. Among the operas Peerce recorded commercially for RCA Victor were Verdi's Rigoletto in 1950 with Leonard Warren singing the title role, Erna Berger, and Nan Merriman, Bizet's Carmen in 1951 with Risë Stevens singing the title role, Licia Albanese, and Robert Merrill, and also Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor in 1957 with singing the title role, Philip Maero, and Giorgio Tozzi and Ariadne auf Naxos , with Leonie Rysanek, Sena Jurinac, Roberta Peters, and Walter Berry, conducted also by Erich Leinsdorf. Several opera excerpt albums with Peerce were released by RCA Victor as well including Samson et Dalila with Risë Stevens and Madama Butterfly with Licia Albanese. Many broadcasts of performances from the Metropolitan opera and other houses with Peerce have been released on LP and CD as well. Peerce later recorded several operas and oratorios for Vanguard Records, a good majority of them Handelian. For Westminster Records in 1961 Peerce again recorded Fidelio opposite Sena Jurinac and for Columbia Masterworks Records he sang the title role in a 1963 recording of selections from Sigmund Romberg's The Student Prince , opposite Roberta Peters, and also featuring Giorgio Tozzi. Peerce's final religious, pop, and recital albums from the late 1960s through 1980 were released on Vanguard. Peerce's best-selling record was his 1945 RCA Victor recording of "Bluebird of Happiness" (music by Sandor Harmati, lyrics by and Harry Parr-Davies). It became his "signature tune" and he recorded it at least three times for RCA Victor. As of the late 1970s, it remained among the all-time best selling recordings by opera and concert singers. Bluebird was second in sales only to 's 1918 recording of George M. Cohan's "Over There". [19] Peerce titled his 1976 autobiography The Bluebird of Happiness: The Memoirs of Jan Peerce . Film appearances. Peerce made a few film appearances, most notably in 1947's Something in the Wind , in which he plays Tony the jailer. In this role, Peerce sings the Miserere from Il trovatore in a duet with his jailed charge, the film's star, Deanna Durbin. This performance is available on DVD.