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Gill Sans SUBS ● 28th Nov 2020		78 RPM Kings Weigh House Church Choir - Praise, My Soul, The King Of Heaven / Abide With Me	The hymn tune 'Praise My Soul' used here was written by John Goss. 'Eventide' was by William Henry Monk
Gill Sans SUBS ● 28th Nov 2020		78 RPM The Kings Weigh House Church Choir - All Hail The Power Of Jesu's Name / Dear Lord And Father Of Mankind	Edward Perronet's hymn All Hail The Power Of Jesu's/Jesus'/Jesus Name can be described as a 'Beloved Hymn' in the English-speaking world and is commonly sung to any of three tunes. The tune Diadem used here is commonly used in Methodist and Congregational Churches, and was composed in 1838 by James Ellor from Droylsden, now in Manchester. I had never heard the tune Rest used for Dear Lord And Father Of Mankind; this is also used by Methodists and Congregationalists. It was composed by Frederick Charles Maker from Bristol.
Gill Sans SUBS ● 29th Apr 2020		78 RPM The Fleet Street Choir - Mass For Five Voices Kyrie Ellison. Gloria In Excelsis Deo / Mass For Five Voices Gloria In Excelsis Deo Contd. (1944)	[YouTube Video]
Gill Sans SUBS ● 2nd Jan 2020		78 RPM "Fats" Waller And His Rhythm - Lulu's Back In Town (Llego Lulu Al Pueblo!) / Sweet And Slow (Dulce Y Despacio) (1935)	[YouTube Video]
Gill Sans SUBS ● 5th Jul 2017		78 RPM St. Andrew's Church Choir, London - Bethlehem (1902)	According to recordedchurchmusic.org this was the first British recording of a Church choir, St. Andrew's Choir being chosen for their established status as an accomplished choir with a Choir School, and for their proximity to the Gramophone studio in the basement of the Coburn Hotel. Thirteen tracks were released as singles from the recording sessions of the 12th & 13th October 1902, Bethlehem being the first. [YouTube Video]
Gill Sans SUBS ● 7th Aug 2016		78 RPM King Cole - Nature Boy / Lost April (1948)	Others have pointed out the similarity of eden ahbez' melodic theme to the 2nd movement of the Dvořák Piano Quintet In A Op.81. Ahbez came to Los Angeles as George Aberle and started playing piano in the Eutropheon health-food store and spiritual centre, becoming one of its Nature Boys. Assuming he was a classically-trained pianist he would have been familiar with the Piano Quintet and its delightful and slightly sad themes. Dvorak named this movement "Dumka" to emphasise that it was in the form of a traditional Slavonic folk ballad. "Nature Boy" uses a direct quotation from the beginning of the movement, echoed by the phrase "There was a boy, A very strange enchanted boy" They say he wandered off into his own melodic inventions for the subsequent development, but the mood of the song maintains that of the folk ballad It must be that ahbez was not consciously aware of the influence of the Dvorak because he came to a financial settlement with another composer who claimed the copyright for his own composition. In 1935 emigré musician Herman Yablokoff had written Shvayg mayn Harts (Hush My Heart) for a Yiddish theatre production in NYC. This in turn was based on a Klesmer tune, Papirosn (meaning Cigarettes), so it is conceivable that Kodaly himself knew the tune. Here is an example of the Dvořák quintet [YouTube Video] For an example of a recording of the Quintet on 45worlds see LXT 6043 As a postscript, see the 1948 parody by Red Ingle
Gill Sans SUBS ● 9th Jul 2016		78 RPM Ludo Philipp - The Deed Is Done / Red For Danger	Allan Gray was the nom de plume used by Polish composer Józef Żmigrod when performing for theatre and composing for cinema. He adopted the name while studying under Arnold Schönberg who disapproved of such music.
Gill Sans SUBS ● 9th Jul 2016		78 RPM The Queen's Hall Light Orchestra - Prelude From Film "A Matter Of Life And Death" / Theme From Film "This Man Is Mine" (1947)	Allan Gray was the nom de plume used by Polish composer Józef Żmigrod when performing for theatre and composing for cinema. He adopted the name while studying under Arnold Schönberg who disapproved of such music.
Gill Sans SUBS ● 5th Jul 2016		78 RPM E. Northey - Linden Lea / The Little Road To Bethlehem (1956)	A young Eric Northey was taken by his mother Margaret to Hollick and Taylor's music shop in Bolton where they would cut private recordings in the evening after the shop had closed. Linden Lea is the well-known setting by Vaughan Williams of William Barnes' poem, and The Little Road To Bethlehem is the carol by Michael Head. Eric says he was about 11 at the time, so circa 1956. The session had been arranged by his music teacher Rachael German, grand-daughter of Edward German, and her young son Keith Bateson played piano. Eric went on to develop a fine tenor voice and continues to sing with many amateur choirs in the region. Keith Bateson was later a BBC producer and was involved with recording sessions by the Beatles: he is well known as organist at the Bank Street Chapel in Bolton. Linden Lea on SoundCloud
Gill Sans SUBS ● 27th Mar 2016		78 RPM New York Philharmonic Orchestra - Tales From The Vienna Woods / Artist's Life (1928)	Willem Mengelberg led the NY Philharmonic during the 1905-06 season and from 1921 to 1930, which agrees with the date shown http://nyphil.org/about-us/artists/willem-mengelberg
Gill Sans SUBS ● 21st Feb 2016		78 RPM Jean Sablon - Sur Le Pont D'Avignon / Je Tire Ma Reverence (1940)	[YouTube Video]
Gill Sans SUBS ● 12th Sep 2015		78 RPM The Choir Of St. Paul's Parish Church, Heaton Moor - Jesu, Lamb Of God / O, taste and see (1953)	O Taste And See was newly written in 1953 for the coronation of ER II Jesu, Lamb Of God O Taste And See etc

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