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BOX 570-606, 627-628, 632-637, 732-737 Ford Sunday Evening Hour Orchestra Music, 1934-1946
Leonard B. Smith acquired part of the Ford Sunday Evening Hour orchestra library to consider transcribing the works for concert band. This portion of the library contains approximately 265 titles, each of which comprises score and parts unless otherwise noted. The works are primarily arranger's holographs and often include the sheet music from which the arrangement was derived. The inclusion of saxophones in the instrumentation is noted, and their presence indicates a lighter pops work most likely performed during the Ford Summer Hour broadcasts. Catalog numbers are included in parenthesis if known.
The Ford Sunday Evening Hour (also known as The Ford Symphony Hour) was a concert radio series sponsored by the Ford Motor Company that largely employed musicians from the Detroit Symphony Orchestra as well as a 24-voice chorus, soloist, conductor, and narrator. From 1939 to 1941, The Ford Summer Hour was the summer replacement for the regular Ford Sunday Evening Hour. The hour-long programs were broadcast coast-to-coast on the CBS network and featured light classics, popular music, hymns, ballads, and arias. The program was not broadcast during World War II, from 1942 to 1945. Prolific arrangers such as Maurice Gardner, Carmine Coppola, Carmen Dragon, Paul Sterrett, Roy S. Chamberlain, Eugene Zádor, and Andrew and Arthur Luck contributed heavily to this orchestra music library, and many went on to successful careers composing and arranging for film, television, and the concert stage. Other prominent musicians involved with these programs include soloists Fritz Kreisler, Jascha Heifetz, and conductors Percy Faith and Fritz Reiner.
Arranged alphbetically by composer, then by title therein.
BOX-FOLDER 570/1 The Russian nightingale
By Alexander Alabieff; arranged by Paul Sterrett (F 266)
BOX-FOLDER 632/1 Seguidillas
By Isaac Albèniz; arranged by Carmine Coppola
Score
BOX-FOLDER 570/2 Seguidillas
By Isaac Albèniz; arranged by Carmine Coppola
Parts
BOX-FOLDER 570/3 Land, du välsignade!
By Ragnar Althén; arranged by Adolf Schmid (F 47)
BOX-FOLDER 632/2 Se saran rose
By Luigi Arditi; arranged by Carmine Coppola (F 318)
Score. With saxophones
BOX-FOLDER 570/4 Se saran rose
By Luigi Arditi; arranged by Carmine Coppola (F 318)
Parts. With saxophones
BOX-FOLDER 570/5 Valse, but lately in dance
By Anton Arensky; arranged by Harold Byrns (F 169)
BOX-FOLDER 627/1 Rainbow rendezvous
By Leo Ascher; arranged by Roy S. Chamberlain (Z 134)
Score
BOX-FOLDER 571/1 Rainbow rendezvous
By Leo Ascher; arranged by Roy S. Chamberlain (Z 134)
Parts
BOX-FOLDER 571/2 Mother Machree (in F)
By Ernest R. Ball and Chauncy Olcott; arranged by Leonard B. Smith
BOX-FOLDER 632/3 Maria Elena waltz
By Lorenzo Barcelata; arranged by Maurice Gardner (Z 135)
Score. With saxophones
BOX-FOLDER 571/3 Maria Elena waltz
By Lorenzo Barcelata; arranged by Maurice Gardner (Z 135)
Parts. With saxophones
BOX-FOLDER 627/2 The things I love (in C)
By Harold Barlow and Lew Harris; arranged by Roy S. Chamberlain (Z 185)
Score. With saxophones
BOX-FOLDER 574/4 The things I love (in C)
By Harold Barlow and Lew Harris; arranged by Roy S. Chamberlain (Z 185)
Parts. With saxophones
BOX-FOLDER 574/5 The things I love (in D)
By Harold Barlow and Lew Harris; arranged by Carmine Coppola (Z 185)
With saxophones
BOX-FOLDER 576/6 La ronde des lutins
By Antonio Bazzini; orchestrated by Val Coffey (Z 111)
BOX-FOLDER 627/3 Say when
By Carl Bean and Frankie Masters; arranged by Roy S. Chamberlain (Z 155)
Score. With saxophones
BOX-FOLDER 572/1 Say when
By Carl Bean and Frankie Masters; arranged by Roy S. Chamberlain (Z 155)
Parts. With saxophones
BOX-FOLDER 572/2 Contra dances
By Ludwig van Beethoven; orchestrated by Eugene Zádor
BOX-FOLDER 572/3 Sunday morning at Glion
By Franz Bendel; arranger unknown (F 206)
BOX-FOLDER 732/1 The gypsy and the birds
By Sir Julius Benedict; arranged by Walter Paul (F-255)
BOX-FOLDER 572/4 Jungfrun under lind
By W. Peterson Berger; orchestrated by Adolf Schmid (F 136)
BOX-FOLDER 572/5 Home sweet home
By Henry Bishop; arranged by William J. Reddick
Condensed score and chorus part only
BOX-FOLDER 572/6 Ouvre ton coeur (in C)
By Georges Bizet; arranger unknown (F 229)
BOX-FOLDER 573/1 Ouvre ton coeur (in D)
By Georges Bizet; arranger unknown (F 82)
BOX-FOLDER 573/2 Ouvre ton coeur (in D♭)
By Georges Bizet; arranger unknown (F 275)
BOX-FOLDER 573/3 Carry me back to old Virginny (in A♭)
By James A. Bland; arranged by J. F. Simpson (F 121)
BOX-FOLDER 632/4 Carry me back to old Virginny (in G)
By James A. Bland; arranger unknown (F 165)
Score
BOX-FOLDER 573/4 Carry me back to old Virginny (in G)
By James A. Bland; arranger unknown (F 165)
Parts
BOX-FOLDER 633/1 Whispering flowers
By Franz von Blon; arranger unknown (Z 29)
Score. With saxophones
BOX-FOLDER 574/1 Whispering flowers
By Franz von Blon; arranger unknown (Z 29)
Parts. With saxophones
BOX-FOLDER 574/2 Spanish rhapsody
By Mario Braggiotti; arranger unknown
BOX-FOLDER 633/2 Down here
By May H. Brahe; arranged by Paul Sterrett (F 243)
Score
BOX-FOLDER 574/3 Down here
By May H. Brahe; arranged by Paul Sterrett (F 243)
Parts
BOX-FOLDER 633/3 Hail ye tyme of holie days
By Gena Branscombe; orchestrated by Eugene Zádor (F 265)
Score
BOX-FOLDER 574/4 Hail ye tyme of holie days
By Gena Branscombe; orchestrated by Eugene Zádor (F 265)
Parts
BOX-FOLDER 574/5 The fairy pipers
By Brewer; arranged by Woodend (F 79)
BOX-FOLDER 574/6 Saeterjentens søndag
By Ole Bull; arranged by Paul Sterrett (F 295)
BOX-FOLDER 575/1 Ghost dance
By Cecil Burleigh; arranger unknown (Z 172)
BOX-FOLDER 575/2 Moto perpetua
By Cecil Burleigh; arranged by Woodend (Z 703)
BOX-FOLDER 575/3 Village dance
By Cecil Burleigh; arranger unknown (Z 218)
BOX-FOLDER 575/4 Lolita
By A. Buzzi-Peccia; arranged by Woodend (F 116)
BOX-FOLDER 637/1 Drink to me only with thine eyes
By John Wall Calcott; arranged by Maurice Gardner (F 39)
Score
BOX-FOLDER 575/5 Drink to me only with thine eyes
By John Wall Calcott; arranged by Maurice Gardner (F 39)
Parts
BOX-FOLDER 575/6 The crying of water
By Louis Campbell-Tipton; arranged by Maurice Gardner (F 287)
BOX-FOLDER 575/7 Serenade
By Louis Campbell-Tipton; arranger unknown (F 200)
BOX-FOLDER 576/1 A spirit flower
By Louis Campbell-Tipton; arranger unknown (F 80)
Parts only
BOX-FOLDER 576/2 The ninety and nine
By Edward Campion; arranger unknown (F 67)
BOX-FOLDER 732/2 Core'ngrato
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