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Title Beethoven wrote it but it swings! / featuring the orchestras of Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, Les Brown, Woody Herman and Xavier Cugat.

Publication Info. New York, NY : Sony Classical, [1996]
℗1996

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 Talbott Media  CD 10050v    Available  Ask at Circulation Desk
Description 1 audio disc : digital, mono ; 4 3/4 in.
Physical Medium 4 3/4 in.
Description digital
optical
1.4 m/s
mono
digital recording
Note Classical music arranged for big bands.
"Original 78 rpm records from the collection of Michael Brooks and George Morrow"--Insert.
"Consists of previously released material"--Container.
Performer Various performers.
Credits Produced by Michael Brooks.
Event Recorded 1937-1947.
Note Program notes by Richard M. Sudhalter (15 p.) inserted in container.
Contents Beethoven wrote it, but it swings (Dolly Dawn and her Dawn Patrol) (2:50) -- Beethoven riffs on (John Kirby and his orchestra) (2:49) -- Boléro (Benny Goodman and his orchestra) (2:39) -- Träumerei (Claude Thornhill and his orchestra) (2:47) -- Marche slave (Les Brown and his orchestra) (3:10) -- Farandole (Xavier Cugat and his orchestra) (2:42) -- O sole mio (Red Nichols and his orchestra) (2:46) -- Minute waltz (John Kirby and his orchestra) (2:47) -- Caprice XXIV (Benny Goodman and his orchestra) (2:47) -- Martha (Adrian Rollini Trio) (2:58) -- Beethoven bounce (Al Donahue and his orchestra) (3:17) -- Humoresque (Glenn Miller and his orchestra) (2:39) -- In the hall of the mountain king (Will Bradley and his orchestra) (3:00) -- Bounce of the sugar plum fairy (John Kirby and his orchestra) (2:22) -- Naïla (Arnold Johnson and his orchestra) (2:27) -- Arabian dance (Claude Thornhill and his orchestra) (4:23) -- Chopin's prelude no. 7 (Jimmie Lunceford and his orchestra) (2:50) --Spring song (Benny Goodman and his orchestra) (2:27) -- The quintette plays Carmen (Raymond Scott Quintette) (2:39) -- Procession of the sardar (Les Brown and his orchestra) (3:13) -- Hungarian dance no. 5 (Claude Thronhill and his orchestra) (3:13) -- Peter and the wolf (Benny Goodman and his orchestra) (3:10) -- Sabre dance (Woody Herman and his orchestra) (2:33).
Genre/Form Big band music.
Swing (Music)
Swing (Music)
Subject Jazz -- 1931-1940.
Jazz.
Chronological Term 1931-1940
Subject Jazz -- 1941-1950.
Chronological Term 1941-1950
Genre/Form Sound recordings.
Sound recordings.
Jazz.
Jazz.
Standard No. 7464622682
Music No. SMK 62268 Sony Classical