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Earl of Oxford's March for Brass Quintet
Earl of Oxford's March for Brass Quintet
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Brass Quintet: 2 trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba
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William Byrd
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Denroche, Stephen
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Earl of Oxford's March for Bra
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Composed by William Byrd (1540-1623). Arranged by Denroche, Stephen. Baroque Period, Renaissance, Early Music. 18 pages. Published by Cherry Classics (S0.290557...
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Composed by William Byrd (1540-1623). Arranged by Denroche, Stephen. Baroque Period, Renaissance, Early Music. 18 pages. Published by Cherry Classics (S0.290557). - - Baroque Period,Renaissance,Early Music - Cherry Classics
Earl of Oxford's March is one of the most well known of the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book, the collection of over 300 keyboard works from the Elizabethan period of the 16th Century. Mr. Denroche's excellent arrangement for standard brass quintet of 2 Trumpets in C, Horn in F, Trombone (bass clef) and Tuba is appropriate for advanced performers and is about 3 minutes in length.?
$30.00
O Magnum Mysterium - William Byrd (Brass quartet)
O Magnum Mysterium - William Byrd (Brass quartet)
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Brass Quartet
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Renaissance
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William Byrd
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Mike Lyons
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O Magnum Mysterium - William B
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Composed by William Byrd (1540-1623). Arranged by Mike Lyons. Renaissance, Christian, General Worship, Christmas, Easter. Score, Set of Parts. 13 pages. Publish...
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Composed by William Byrd (1540-1623). Arranged by Mike Lyons. Renaissance, Christian, General Worship, Christmas, Easter. Score, Set of Parts. 13 pages. Published by Lyons Music Services (S0.176367). - Score,Set of Parts - Renaissance,Christian,General Worship,Christmas,Easter - Lyons Music Services
$6.99
The First Noel for Tuba & Piano
The First Noel for Tuba & Piano
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Tuba and Piano
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Christmas
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Traditional
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James M
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The First Noel for Tuba & Pian
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Piano,Tuba - Level 1 - Digital Download SKU: A0.548505 Composed by Traditional. Arranged by James M. Guthrie, ASCAP. Christian,Christmas. Score and part....
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Piano,Tuba - Level 1 - Digital Download SKU: A0.548505 Composed by Traditional. Arranged by James M. Guthrie, ASCAP. Christian,Christmas. Score and part. 4 pages. Jmsgu3 #3387403. Published by jmsgu3 (A0.548505). The First Noel arranged for Tuba & Piano with new harmony for the final verse.Origins The First Noel is an English Christmas carol. Even more, it was probably written in the late Cornish Renaissance period. While other versions spell the title as Nowell, this is just a colloquial variation. Furthermore, Noel is an older word meaning Christmas. Therefore the First Noel translates as the First Christmas. First of all, Gilbert and Sandy published the earliest version. As a result, this version appears in the Carols Ancient and Modern songbook of 1823. William Sandy edited and arranged the book. Similarly, his partner Davies Gilbert edited and added the familiar extra verses. The First Noel: Tuba Version comes with new harmony in final verse for more energy and drive. Stainer Organist and composer Sir John Stainer published the most noteworthy customary arrangement in the 1870’s. Stainer is above all famous for his songbook entitled: Christmas Carols New and Old (1871). This volume served as an important catalyst for reviving the English Christmas carol. Other famous Stainer arrangements from this book are such titles as What Child Is This, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, Good King Wenceslas, and I Saw Three Ships. Diatonic Function The melodic structure in the First Noel is uncommon among English folk tunes. It simply repeats one phrase twice then follows a variation refrain. All three phrases of the song end on the mediant scale degree. This is unusual because the diatonic function of the mediant is non-final compared to the more usual tonic or even dominant degrees. Consequently, this gives the song as kind of open-ended feeling – like maybe it never really ends. Political Context The Catholic clergy sang carols outside of the church in Latin. After the Protestant Reformation, the reformers thought it would be better for everyone to sing carols. They decided to bring music back to the common folk. So, they translated the lyrics from Latin into common language. Moreover, the Protestants wanted more control over the music in church than what the Vatican allowed. Protestant composers such as William Byrd composed complex polyphonic Christmas music that they called carols. Nonetheless, some famous folk carols were composed in this era. Eminent composers in the nineteenth century began to revise and adapt them. Consequently, they revived the English carol. Register for free lifetime updates and revisions at www.jamesguthrie.com
$24.95
Jhon, Come Kisse Me Now
Jhon, Come Kisse Me Now
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2 Euphoniums and 2 Tubas
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William Byrd
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Denis Winter
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Jhon, Come Kisse Me Now
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Cimarron Music Press - Digital
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Tuba quartet (EETT) - Grade 3 - Digital Download SKU: CX.CM0158 Composed by William Byrd. Arranged by Denis Winter. Quartet music. 11 pages. Published by...
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Tuba quartet (EETT) - Grade 3 - Digital Download SKU: CX.CM0158 Composed by William Byrd. Arranged by Denis Winter. Quartet music. 11 pages. Published by Cimarron Music Press - Digital (CX.CM0158).
$17.00
Wolsey's Wilde
Wolsey's Wilde
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2 Euphoniums and 2 Tubas
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William Byrd
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Gail Robertson
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Wolsey's Wilde
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Tuba-Euphonium Press
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Tuba quartet (EETT) - Digital Download SKU: CX.TEP10132 Composed by William Byrd. Arranged by Gail Robertson. Score and parts. 10 pages. Published by Tub...
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Tuba quartet (EETT) - Digital Download SKU: CX.TEP10132 Composed by William Byrd. Arranged by Gail Robertson. Score and parts. 10 pages. Published by Tuba-Euphonium Press (CX.TEP10132).
$15.00
Earle of Oxford's March
Earle of Oxford's March
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2 Euphoniums and 2 Tubas
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William Byrd
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Kenyon Wilson
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Earle of Oxford's March
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Tuba-Euphonium Press
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Tuba quartet (EETT) - Digital Download SKU: CX.TEP10134 Composed by William Byrd. Arranged by Kenyon Wilson. Score and parts. 12 pages. Published by Tuba...
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Tuba quartet (EETT) - Digital Download SKU: CX.TEP10134 Composed by William Byrd. Arranged by Kenyon Wilson. Score and parts. 12 pages. Published by Tuba-Euphonium Press (CX.TEP10134).
$15.00
Ave Verum
Ave Verum
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2 Euphoniums and 2 Tubas
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William Byrd
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Patrick Schulz
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Ave Verum
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Tuba-Euphonium Press
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Tuba quartet (EETT) - Digital Download SKU: CX.TEP10133 Composed by William Byrd. Arranged by Patrick Schulz. Score and parts. 9 pages. Published by Tuba...
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Tuba quartet (EETT) - Digital Download SKU: CX.TEP10133 Composed by William Byrd. Arranged by Patrick Schulz. Score and parts. 9 pages. Published by Tuba-Euphonium Press (CX.TEP10133).
$15.00
Jhon, Come Kisse Me Now
Jhon, Come Kisse Me Now
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4 Tubas
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William Byrd
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Denis Winter
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Jhon, Come Kisse Me Now
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Cimarron Music Press
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By William Byrd (1540-1623). Arranged by Denis Winter. For tuba quartet (EETT). Quartet music. Score and parts. Published by Cimarron Music Press ...
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By William Byrd (1540-1623). Arranged by Denis Winter. For tuba quartet (EETT). Quartet music. Score and parts. Published by Cimarron Music Press
$17.00
Earle of Oxford March
Earle of Oxford March
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4 Tubas
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William Byrd
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Allyn Lindsey
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Earle of Oxford March
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Cimarron Music Press
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By William Byrd (1540-1623). Arranged by Allyn Lindsey. For tuba quartet (EETT). Quartet music. Score and parts. Published by Cimarron Music Press ...
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By William Byrd (1540-1623). Arranged by Allyn Lindsey. For tuba quartet (EETT). Quartet music. Score and parts. Published by Cimarron Music Press
$16.00
For Pleasure of the Joyful Time
For Pleasure of the Joyful Time
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Brass Quintet: 2 trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba
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William Byrd
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Lawrence Eden
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For Pleasure of the Joyful Tim
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Cimarron Music Press
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By William Byrd (1540-1623). Arranged by Lawrence Eden. For brass quintet. Quintet music. Score and parts. Published by Cimarron Music Press ...
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By William Byrd (1540-1623). Arranged by Lawrence Eden. For brass quintet. Quintet music. Score and parts. Published by Cimarron Music Press
$18.00
Earle of Oxford's March
Earle of Oxford's March
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2 Euphoniums and 2 Tubas
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William Byrd
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Kenyon Wilson
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Earle of Oxford's March
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Tuba-Euphonium Press
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Tuba quartet (EETT) SKU: TE.TEP10134 Composed by William Byrd. Arranged by Kenyon Wilson. Score and parts. Published by Tuba-Euphonium Press (TE.TEP10134...
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Tuba quartet (EETT) SKU: TE.TEP10134 Composed by William Byrd. Arranged by Kenyon Wilson. Score and parts. Published by Tuba-Euphonium Press (TE.TEP10134).
$15.00
Wolsey's Wilde
Wolsey's Wilde
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2 Euphoniums and 2 Tubas
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William Byrd
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Gail Robertson
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Wolsey's Wilde
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Tuba-Euphonium Press
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SheetMusicPlus
Tuba quartet (EETT) SKU: TE.TEP10132 Composed by William Byrd. Arranged by Gail Robertson. Score and parts. Published by Tuba-Euphonium Press (TE.TEP1013...
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Tuba quartet (EETT) SKU: TE.TEP10132 Composed by William Byrd. Arranged by Gail Robertson. Score and parts. Published by Tuba-Euphonium Press (TE.TEP10132).
$15.00
Ave Verum
Ave Verum
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2 Euphoniums and 2 Tubas
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William Byrd
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Patrick Schulz
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Ave Verum
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Tuba-Euphonium Press
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SheetMusicPlus
Tuba quartet (EETT) SKU: TE.TEP10133 Composed by William Byrd. Arranged by Patrick Schulz. Score and parts. Published by Tuba-Euphonium Press (TE.TEP1013...
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Tuba quartet (EETT) SKU: TE.TEP10133 Composed by William Byrd. Arranged by Patrick Schulz. Score and parts. Published by Tuba-Euphonium Press (TE.TEP10133).
$15.00
Moonlight Serenade for Tuba Quintet (Jazz for 5 Series)
Moonlight Serenade for Tuba Quintet (Jazz for 5 Series)
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Tuba ensemble
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Jazz
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Glenn Miller
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Keith Terrett
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Moonlight Serenade for Tuba Qu
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Music for all Occasions
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Tuba, Euphonium, Tuba Quintet - Intermediate - Digital Download Composed by Glenn Miller. Arranged by Keith Terrett. 20th Century, Jazz, Swing, Old-t...
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Tuba, Euphonium, Tuba Quintet - Intermediate - Digital Download Composed by Glenn Miller. Arranged by Keith Terrett. 20th Century, Jazz, Swing, Old-time. Score, Set of Parts. 8 pages. Published by Music for all Occasions
Moonlight Serenade" arranged here for Tuba Quintet, is an American popular song composed by Glenn Miller with subsequent lyrics by Mitchell Parish. It was an immediate phenomenon when first released in May 1939 as an instrumental arrangement and was adopted as Miller’s signature tune. In 1991, Miller’s recording of "Moonlight Serenade" was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
The song, recorded on April 4, 1939 on RCA Bluebird, was a Top Ten hit on the U.S. pop charts in 1939, reaching number three on the Billboard charts, where it stayed for fifteen weeks. It was the number 5 top pop hit of 1939 in the Billboard year-end tally. Glenn Miller had five records in the top 20 songs of 1939 on Billboard′s list.
In the UK, "Moonlight Serenade" was released as the A-side of a 78 on His Master’s Voice, with "American Patrol" as the B-side. The recording reached number twelve in the UK in March 1954, staying on the chart for one week. In a medley with "Little Brown Jug" and "In the Mood", "Moonlight Serenade" reached number thirteen on the UK charts in January 1976, in a chart run of eight weeks.
The recording was also issued as a V-Disc, No. 39A, in November 1943.
The recording used a clarinet-led saxophone section, which is widely considered[citation needed] the classic Glenn Miller style. Miller studied the Schillinger technique with Joseph Schillinger, who is credited with helping Miller create the "Miller sound", and under whose tutelage he himself composed "Moonlight Serenade".
The song evolved from a 1935 version entitled "Now I Lay Me Down to Weep", with music by Glenn Miller and lyrics by Eddie Heyman to a version called "Gone with the Dawn" with lyrics by George Simon, and "The Wind in the Trees" with lyrics by Mitchell Parish. In his biography of Glenn Miller, George T. Simon recounted how vocalist Al Bowlly of the Ray Noble Orchestra sang him the Eddie Heyman lyrics to the Glenn Miller music of "Now I Lay Me Down to Weep" in 1935. The Noble Orchestra never recorded the song. Finally it ended up as "Moonlight Serenade" because Robbins Music bought the music and learned that Miller was recording a cover of "Sunrise Serenade", a Frankie Carle associated song, for RCA Victor. They thought "Moonlight" would be a natural association for "Sunrise".
"Now I Lay Me Down to Weep" was composed in 1935 with lyrics by Eddie Heyman and music by Glenn Miller. After "Moonlight Serenade", originally released solely as an instrumental, became a smash hit in 1939, Mitchell Parish wrote new lyrics for the music under that title.
A notable vocal version can be found on Frank Sinatra’s Moonlight Sinatra released in 1965, which also contains "Moon Love", "Moonlight Becomes You", and "Oh, You Crazy Moon", which were recorded by Glenn Miller and his Orchestra. "Moonlight Serenade" can also be found on Nothing But the Best, a 2008 Frank Sinatra greatest hits compilation by Reprise, on My Way: The Best of Frank Sinatra from 1997 by Warner Bros., and the Frank Sinatra compilation Greatest Love Songs from 2002. Frank Sinatra also released the song as part of an 7" EP 33RPM single in 1966, Reprise SR1018. The song also appeared on the 2015 centennial collection Ultimate Sinatra. In 1939, Count Basie and His Orchestra recorded one of the earliest versions to feature the lyrics added by Mitchell Parish which was released as a 78 single, Vocalion 5036.
"Moonlight Serenade" has been covered by Barry Manilow, Carly Simon, The Airmen of Note of the U.S. Air Force with Air Force Strings, Charlie Haden, Marc Reift, Chet Baker with The Mariachi Brass in 1966, Santo and Johnny, Thelma Houston, Carol Burnett, Toots Thielemans, Deodato, who reached number 18 on the Billboard Easy Listening Chart, Count Basie and his Orchestra with vocals by Helen Humes in 1939, Benny Goodman and his Orchestra, Cab Calloway, The Modernaires, Gene Krupa and his Orchestra, Freddy Martin and his Orchestra, Bert Kaempfert, Ray Conniff, Mina, Dick Todd on RCA Bluebird, Geoff Love and His Orchestra, Lloyd Gregory on solo guitar, Dick Hyman, Maxwell Davis and his Orchestra, Tony Evans, Los Indios Tabajaras, David Rose, Richard Himber, Fi Dells Quartet, Waikikis, The Universal-International Orchestra conducted by Joseph Gershenson, Oleg Lundstrom, Charlie Byrd, Taco, Alix Combelle, Richard Vaughn, Lisa Ono, Eddie Maynard, Simone Kopmajer, Hamburg Philharmonia, Frankie Capp, Dave, Robert Banks Trio, Karel Vlach, Transatlantic Swing Band, the Frankie Condon Orchestra, The Romantic Strings, Paul Mauriat, Tommy Leonetti, Johnny Desmond, the Boston Pops under Arthur Fiedler, John Williams, and Keith Lockhart, Charlie Calello Orchestra, J.P. Torres and the Cuban All Stars, Tex Beneke and His Orchestra, the Manhattan Jazz Orchestra, Urbie Green, Bob Mintzer, Laura Fygi, Max Greger, Mario Pezzotta and His Orchestra, 101 Strings, Andrés Ramiro and His Orchestra, The Hiltonaires, Big Warsaw Band, Pep Poblet, Ray Anthony, Cheryl Bentyne, jazz trumpeter Bobby Hackett in 1965, The 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic, Joe Loss, Ted Heath, Lawrence Welk, Henry Mancini, James Last, Michael Maxwell and His Orchestra, John Blair, Ray Eberle, Enoch Light, Modern Folk Quartet, Buddy Emmons on steel guitar, The Rivieras, a 1950s Doo Wop group whose recording reached number 47 on the pop charts in 1959, Tuxedo Junction, Yasuko Agawa, George Melachrino, German bandleader Kurt Edelhagen, Ella Fitzgerald, Oscar Rabin, Henry Jerome and his Orchestra as a 45 single, Decca 25545, Kurt Elling, Syd Lawrence, The Ventures, Archie Bleyer, Mantovani, Bobby Vinton, who reached number 97 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1976, and the rock band Chicago as a 1995 3 inch CD single in Japan and on the big band album Night & Day Big Band.
Jazz critic Gary Giddins wrote about the song’s impact and legacy; "Miller exuded little warmth on or off the bandstand, but once the band struck up its theme, audiences were done for: throats clutched, eyes softened. Can any other record match ’Moonlight Serenade’ for its ability to induce a Pavlovian slobber in so many for so long?" (The New Yorker, May 24, 2004).
"Moonlight Serenade" released as V-Disc 39A, VP 75, Theme Song, by the U.S. War Department in November 1943. In November 1939, Miller had a 15-minute radio series on CBS called Moonlight Serenade that ran three times a week, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays at 10:00 PM Eastern Time (shifting to 7:15 PM in May 1942), until September 1942, sponsored by Chesterfield.
Wartime release:
The 1939 RCA Victor studio recording of "Moonlight Serenade" was released by the U.S. War Department as V-Disc 39A, VP 75, Theme Song, in November, 1943. The recording was also released on the Navy V-Disc No. 160A. A V-Disc test pressing of a recording of the song from November 17, 1945 by the AAF Band was made but the disc was not issued. A new recording by Glenn Miller with the American Band of the Allied Expeditionary Forces was broadcast to Germany in 1944 on the radio program The Wehrmacht Hour.
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