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George Jellinek: My Road to Radio and University of North Florida From the SelectedWorks of Andrew Farkas February, 2008 Book Review -- George Jellinek: My Road to Radio and "The Vocal Scene" Andrew Farkas, University of North Florida Available at: https://works.bepress.com/andrewfarkas/43/ r-.,, . 16, fEBil A l'r 200E< Journal of the Jussi BjOrling Society Bjorling as Turiddu, Stockholm 1954 BOOK REVIEW the anecdotes enter tainin g. If yo u are interested in George jellinek, yo u will be glad to accompa ny him ret rac ing his George Jellinek: My Road to Radio steps from cradle to retirement. The story begins in Budapest where and "The Vocal Scene" George was born in 19 19, at the end of McFarlnnrf 2006. $35. the first wo rl d war. The jelli neks were a middle class jew ish fam il y, his fa th er prospered in the res taurant business. By 1939, with th e gatherin g politica l clouds, the elder jell inek rea lized th at war was imminent. ot wa nting to have his son serve in the army or worse, he made arrangements for George to leave Hungary in Ap ri l 1939 for Cuba, the country closest to the Un ited States that wou ld accept him. With exceptional luck, George sai led on the last Europea n sh ip that landed there undisturbed. With the outbreak of war, the United States adm itted on the Hungarian quota those already in a La tin Ame rican co untr y, and th us with his two closest fri ends he landed in ew Yo rk City on Ma rch 17, 194 1. The fa mily that received them was celeb rat­ George )ellinek and Andrew Fa rkas at the October 2002 JBS confe rence in ew Yor k Cit y. George had in g th eir daughter Hedy's 18th birth­ just led a panel with Li cia Albanese, Lu cine Ama ra, Regina Resnik, Robert and Mario n Merrill, Anders day with a wo nderful Hunga ri an a nd La rs Bjorl ing on their favorite memori es of jussi. dinner, and in one of those li fe- is­ strange r-th an-a- mov ie-scrip t twists, th e celebrant eve ntuall y beca me Mrs. George jellinek. In 1942 George was he entry in McFa rl and 's sa les 111 ew Yo rk City, and th ose of yo u inducted in th e U.S . Army and aft er ca talogue of books on th e pe r­ who had th e oppo rtunity to meet and successfull y co mpleting offi cer ca ndi­ T fo rming arts begin s with th e co nve rse with him wo uld probabl y date school, he was se nt to Europe statement: "George jellinek, announcer ag ree wi th such a desc ription. where he had a se ri es of adve ntures of the beloved WQX R radi o show 'The ow, nea ring the end of his ninth and so me signifi ca nt in vo lve ment in Voca l Scene' .. " Fo r th ose who have decade, Geo rge decided to set dow n hi s the wa r effo rt. li stened toM r. jellinek's prog rams ove r li fe story. It coul d have bee n at th e urg­ Give n his exceptional memory for three decades, th e statement co uld just in g of fri ends, perhaps prompted by a names, places and dates, th e narrati ve as we ll have begun: "Beloved George sense of obli ga ti on to hi s da ughter and of his return to the U.S. and th e jelli ne k, announcer of th e VVQX R granddaughter, a des ire to rev isit hi s specifi cs of hi s Ameri ca n life are sim ­ radio show 'The Vocal Scene' ... " That days good and bad, or just the wish to pl y too detail ed to reco unt here. or is might have been in appropria te in a share hi s ex peri ences. Whateve r th e th at th e objecti ve of the present appre­ publisher's ca talog, but for his th ou­ moti va ti on, the reader is invited along ciati on of his memoirs. The forego ing sands of lis teners and fa ns nationwide, on a fasc in atin g journey. It is written in bri ef outline of hi s bac kground serves it wo uld seem to be a fa ir statement. his customary easy, elega nt, co nve rsa­ mainl y to in vo ke a prospec ti ve reader's George jelli nek was th e moderator of a ti onal style, th e narrati ve is we ll paced, interest in findin g out how an emi gre singe rs' panel at our 2002 co nference the fac ts and detail s in fo rmati ve, and co uld arri ve in the United States, work JOUR AL OF T H E }USS I BJO RLI G SOCI ETY Feb ruary 2008 37 hard, succeed, and fl ourish in the field special to say. Had there been unlim­ CD REVIEW of radio and music. George's activities ited space at his command, I am sure RECORDING OF THE MONTH and pursuits were richer and a lot he would have mentioned more, a lot more varied than "j ust" his affiliation more, including direct quotes from the with WQXR, even if those years consti­ conversations with his guests. The one A Worthy tute the dominant portion of his ca­ that comes to mind I wish he had cited reer. The fascination is in the range is a comment Renata Tebaldi made in Il Trovatore and variety of all he had lived through, her two-part program in 1995. When all he accomplished, and all he can the discussion turned to her record­ Unearthed by look back on with justifiable pride. In ings, she said that only now, with time addition to his radio work, he has been to listen to them, does she understand Ward Marston a prolific author of many articles and what all the fuss was about. A priceless three books (writing the first full statement because it was made not Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) length biography of Maria Callas in boastfully but in utterly charming II trovatore (1853) 1960); he has made numerous presen­ sweet innocence. Stella Roman (soprano)- Leonora; tations, given lectures and delivered Well then, gentle reader, if you ex­ Leonard Warren (baritone)- Il Conte radio essays as part of the intermission pect to read one anecdote after another di Luna; Margaret Harshaw (mezzo) - features for the Met; participated on about opera, singers, celebrities and Azucena; Jussi Bjorling (tenor)- Man­ panels; was a frequent guest on the other prominent people, turn else­ rico; Giacomo Vaghi (bass)- Fer­ Texaco Opera Quiz; received numer­ where for entertainment. If, on the rando; Lodovico Oliviero (tenor) ­ ous awards and recognition, and so on, other hand you want to gain insight Ruiz; Inge Manski (soprano)- Inez; and so forth-as Yul Brynner's King of into the remarkably rich, productive, John Baker (bass)- Gypsy Siam would say. In short and staying and successful life of an erudite cos­ Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and with the theme, the book is "getting to mopolite, a dedicated professional who Chorus/Emil Cooper know you" George Jellinek. made a name for hi mself in a difficult rec. live broadcast, Metropolitan An online reviewer of"My Road" field, someone who earned his living in Opera, New York, 27 December 1947 voiced his disappointment that "only and with his hobby: music and opera, Audio restoration by Ward Marston on page 132 [of 243 ] we get to the and someone whose life's work is a WEST HILL RADIO ARCHIVES heart of the matter;' adding the infan­ rich legacy that can be revisited in WHRA-6010 [68:57 + 61:25] tile accusation that "Mr. Jellinek is an printed or archived format, then this expert at name dropping." The im­ book is a must. In the process you will here still pop up more or less plicit incomprehension of the essence get to know a kind and gentle man sensational historic documents and objective of this autobiographical with strength and determination, char­ T in the field of recorded opera. narrative is disheartening. Were Mr. acter and principles, well aware of his This 60-year-old broadcast from the Jellinek indeed a name dropper, with accomplishments yet modest. When Metropolitan Opera was not unknown 1878 "Vocal Scene" programs alone, the story ends and you set the book -it has even been in circulation for not to mention his "First Hearing" and down, you will be pleased to know him quite some time among collectors but other programs, along with his partici­ a lot better. then in such inferior sound that it gave pation on many expert panels and cel­ George has recently become eighty­ very little pleasure. Now it appears, in ebratory events in addition to his eight years of age, this past December. more than acceptable sound, where innumerable social/professional con­ Let me lead the line of well-wishers: both chorus and orchestra are amaz­ tacts, the names he could have right­ Happy Birthday George! And thank ingly well reproduced in a close fully dropped would exceed a you for giving us the gift of your life recording. The solo voices are so life­ small-town telephone book.
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