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Thursday, July 24

Cover of Felix Saltkin's "Charge" LP that originally included the Arnaud theme

SYNOPSIS:
Arnaud's after-the-fact Olympic tune ...

MUSIC PLAYED ON TODAY'S PROGRAM:
Leo Arnaud (1904 - 1991): Olympic Theme
Cleveland Symphonic Winds; Frederick Fennell, cond.
Telarc 80099
&
Meredith Willson (1902-1984) arr. Arnaud: The Unsinkable Molly Brown Overture
MGM studio orchestra
CBS 45442

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
On Leo Arnaud
On Felix Slatkin and his "Charge!" LP

ALSO ON THIS DATE:
Births:
1803—French opera composer Adolph-Charles Adam, in Paris
1880—Swiss-born American composer Ernest Bloch, in Geneva
1904—French-born American composer and arranger Leo (Noël) Arnaud, in Lyon
1922—American composer Leo Kraft, in New York City

Deaths:
1739—Italian composer Benedetto Marcello, in Brescia
1971 —British composer Alan Rawsthorne, in Cambridge, England

Premieres:
1926 — Hindemith: Concert Music for Winds, Op. 4, in Donaueschingen, Germany, with Hermann Scherchen conducting
1938 — R. Strauss: opera, "Friedenstag" (Peace Day), in Munich at the National Theater, Clemens Krauss conducting, with vocal soloists Hans Hotter (Commandant) and Viorca Ursuleac (Maria);
1964 — Ginastera: opera, "Don Rodrigo," at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires
1983 — Elisabetta Brusa: "Favole" (Fables) for chamber orchestra, by the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra, George Hanson conducting
1995 — Michael Torke: opera "Strawberry Fields," at Cooperstown, N.Y., by the Glimmerglass Opera, Stewart Robinson conducting

Other:
1838 —Mendelssohn finishes in Berlin his String Quartet in D, Op. 44, no. 1; In a letter dated July 30 that year, he writes to the violinist Ferdinand David: "I have just finished my third Quartet, in D Major, and like it very much. I hope it may please you as well. I rather think it will, since it is more spirited and seems to me likely to be more grateful to the players than the others."

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