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The film used nearly all of the music from the operetta but jettisoned the plot in favor of a new storyline set in Spain during the time of the Emperor Napoleon I. It added a new song, " The Donkey Serenade " (a reworking by Herbert Stothart of Friml's 1918 orchestral piece 'Chanson' [ 3 ] ), which became extremely popular, as was one of the ...
John Harry Cacavas (August 13, 1930 – January 28, 2014 [1]) was an American composer and conductor probably best known for his television scores, such as Kojak, and The Time Machine, for which he was the chief composer.
[2] [3] The film's screenplay is by John Twist, and it stars Lucille Ball, Richard Carlson, Ann Miller, Eddie Bracken, Frances Langford, Desi Arnaz and Hal Le Roy. Too Many Girls was released by RKO Pictures on October 8, 1940, to mixed critical reception.
In 1995, Hal Leonard began distributing Homespun Music Instruction instructional video and audio materials. In 1997, Hal Leonard and Music Sales Group founded SheetMusicDirect.com, [3] the world's first website for digital sheet music and guitar tablature. [citation needed] In 2004, Hal Leonard acquired Applause Theatre and Cinema Books. [4]
The piano player can also be doubled on celeste, toy piano, and melodica; the first woodwind plays flute and piccolo; the second is the second flute part; the third and fourth are the first and second clarinet parts respectively; the fifth on bass clarinet and tenor sax. Any guitar, horn, and string parts (excluding bass) were all optional. [34]
Broadway Melody of 1938 is a 1937 American musical film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and directed by Roy Del Ruth.The film is essentially a backstage musical revue, featuring high-budget sets and cinematography in the MGM musical tradition.
Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man is a 2005 concert film by Lian Lunson about the life and career of Leonard Cohen.It is based on a January 2005 tribute show at the Sydney Opera House titled "Came So Far for Beauty", which was presented by Sydney Festival under the artistic direction of Brett Sheehy, and produced by Hal Willner.
Maytime is a 1937 American musical and romantic-drama film produced by MGM.It was directed by Robert Z. Leonard, and stars Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy.The screenplay was rewritten from the book for Sigmund Romberg's 1917 operetta Maytime by Rida Johnson Young, Romberg's librettist; however, only one musical number by Romberg was retained.