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Four decades of light music. Volume 2 : 1940s & 1950s.

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Format:
Sound recording
Contributor:
Willson, Meredith, 1902-1984, conductor.
Green, Philip, 1911-1982, conductor.
O'Donnell, R. P., conductor.
Williams, Charles, 1893-1978, conductor.
Sandler, Albert, conductor.
Torch, Sidney, 1908-1990, conductor.
Stone, Lew, 1898-1969, conductor.
Faith, Percy, 1908-1976, conductor.
Shadwell, Charles, 1898-1979, conductor.
Carroll, David, 1913-2008, conductor.
Roger, Roger, 1911-1995, conductor.
Johnson, Laurie, 1927-2024, conductor.
Shores, Richard, conductor.
Morley, Angela, conductor.
Müller, Werner, 1920-1998, conductor.
Antonini, Alfredo, conductor.
Fiedler, Arthur, 1894-1979, conductor.
Geraldo, conductor.
Black, Stanley, conductor.
Farnon, Robert, conductor.
Martin, Ray (Composer), conductor.
Dorian, Charles (Conductor), conductor.
Anderson, Leroy, 1908-1975, conductor.
Chacksfield, Frank, conductor.
Melachrino, George, conductor.
Voss, Louis, 1856-1936, conductor.
Great Britain. Royal Air Force. Central Orchestra, performer.
Queen's Hall Light Orchestra, performer.
Palm Court Orchestra, performer.
New Century Orchestra, performer.
Champs Élysées Orchestra, performer.
Boston Pops Orchestra, performer.
New Concert Orchestra, performer.
Kingsway Promenade Orchestra, performer.
"Pops" Concert Orchestra (Anderson), performer.
Melachrino Strings, performer.
Series:
Golden age of light music
The golden age of light music
Language:
English
No linguistic content
Subjects (All):
Orchestral music.
Musicals--Excerpts.
Musicals.
Popular instrumental music--1941-1950.
Popular instrumental music.
Popular instrumental music--1951-1960.
Motion picture music--Excerpts.
Motion picture music.
Genre:
Orchestral music.
Sound recordings.
Excerpts.
Physical Description:
1 audio disc (77 min., 17 sec.) : digital, mono ; 12 cm.
4 3/4 in.
Other Title:
1940s & 1950s
1940s and 1950s
Place of Publication:
Ramsen, Switzerland : Guild Light Music, [2007]
System Details:
digital
optical
1.4 m/s
stereo
mono
digital recording
Contents:
March for Americans / Ferdé Grofé (Meredith Willson and His Orchestra) (3:43)
Stringopation / David Rose (Philip Green and His Orchestra) (1:45)
Over the you / Eric Coates (Royal Air Force Central Orchestra ; Comd. R. P. O'Donnell) (3:08)
The old clockmaker / Charles Williams (Queen's Hall Light Orchestra ; Charles Williams) (2:56)
Fascination / F. D. Marchetti (Albert Sandler and His Palm Court Orchestra) (3:30)
World of tomorrow / Jack Beaver (New Century Orchestra ; Sidney Torch) (3:12)
Turkish patrol / Michaelis (Lew Stone and His Concert Orchestra) (2:51)
If there is someone lovelier than you / Arthur Schwartz (Percy Faith and His Orchestra) (3:09)
Song of loyalty / Eric Coates (Royal Air Force Central Orchestra ; Comd. R. P. O'Donnell) (3:27)
Down with the curtain / Charles Shadwell (Charles Shadwell and His Orchestra) (3:05)
Bali ha'i / Rodgers ; Hammerstein (David Carroll and His Orchestra) (2:44
Traffic boom / Roger Roger (Roger Roger and His Champs Elysees Orchestra) (2:35)
Song of India / Rimsky-Korsakov (Laurie Johnson and His Orchestra) (3:11)
Surprise / Richard Shores (Richard Shores and His Orchestra) (2:15)
Spellbound / Miklos Rozsa (Wally Stott and His Orchestra) (3:19)
Forty second street / Harry Warren (Werner Müller and His Orchestra) (2:44)
Purple wine / Alan Green (Alfredo Antonini and His Orchestra) (2:57)
Look sharp be sharp / Marlon Merrick (Boston 'Pops' Orchestra ; Arthur Fiedler) (3:02)
The velvet glove / Harold Spina (Geraldo and His New Concert Orchestra) (2:40)
The piccolino / Irving Berlin (Kingsway Promenade Orchestra ; Stanley Black) (1:57)
Louisiana hay ride / Arthur Schwartz (Robert Farnon and His Orchestra) (2:40)
A garden in the rain / James Dyrenforth ; Carroll Gibbons (Ray Martin and His Concert Orchestra) (2:17)
What's the rush / Lou snider (Charles Dorian and His Orchestra) (2:46
Forgotten dreams / Leroy Anderson (Leroy Anderson and His "Pops" Concert Orchestra) (2:11)
Tokay / Noel Coward (Frank Chacksfield and His Orchestra) (2:27)
Front page story / Michael Carr (The Melachrino Strings ; George Melachrino) (2:28)
Sport and music / Lothar Brühne (Louis Voss and His Orchestra) (2:47).
Participant:
Various orchestras and conductors.
Notes:
Title from container.
Originally released between 1941 and 1956 on various labels (Decca, MGM, HMV, Chappell, Columbia, Francis Day & Hunter, Vocalion, Mercury, Philips, Polydor, Vogue Coral, RCA Victor, Dot, Brunswick, Bosworth).
Compact disc.
Program and biographical notes inserted in container.
OCLC:
968898491
Publisher Number:
795754513523
GLCD 5135 Guild Light Music

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