Variety radio directory (1938)

MUSICAL-HISTORICAL CAVALCADE— Continued Edited and augmented by Harold V. Milligan. Boston: The Arthur P. Schmidt Co., cop. 1918. 33 p. f°. Howard, John Tasker. A program of early American piano music. Collected, edited and arranged by John Tasker Howard. . . New York: J. Fischer & Bro. [,cop. 1931.] 2 1., 36 p. f°. Milligan, Harold Vincent. Pioneer American composers. A collection of early American songs. Edited and augmented by Harold Vincent Milligan. Boston: The Arthur P. Schmidt Co., cop. 1931. 35 p. f°. Schmid, Adolf. From the days of George Washington. Suite of marches. Arranged [for orchestra] by Adolf Schmid. New York: G. Schirmer, Inc., cop. 1931. 4°. b) Individual Adams and liberty; or, The Boston patriotic song-, w., Robert Treat Paine, m., tune: To Anacreon in Heaven (subsequently the air of "The Star Spangled Banner"). Boston: Thomas & Andrews [,1798]. Hail, Columbia, w., Joseph Hopkinson, adapted in 1798 to the tune: The president's march (see below), ascribed to Philip Phile. Liberty song; or, Come, join hand in hand, w., Mrs. Mercy Warren (wife of Col. James Warren of Plymouth, Mass.). m., tune: Heart of oak, by William Boyce. The liberty song — "In freedom we're born." w., John Dickinson. m., tune: Heart of oak, by William Boyce. (Published by Mein and Fleming, Boston, 1768; Hall and Sellars, Philadelphia, 1768, without music; and again by Mein and Fleming, Boston, 1769, in "Bickerstaffs Boston Almanac") The president's march, m., ascribed to Philip Phile. (Composed in 1789 — see above: Hail, Columbia, 1798.) Yankee doodle. w., anonymous — of American origin, m., traditional — of English origin: sufficiently popular to have been published, in an early version, in Glasgow, 1782. (The tune was already familiar in the American colonies as early as 1790; was used by Benjamin Carr in his frequently played orchestral medley, "Federal Overture," composed in 1794; and was published as a song by G. Willig, Philadelphia, 1798.) BEFORE 1800 Artaxerxes [English opera, first performed in London, 1762]. m., Thomas Augustine Arne. (The Overture and various solos and duets from this opera were frequently played in concerts in the American colonies from 1765 onwards.) Auld Robin Gray. w., Lady Anne Barnard [nee Lindsay] (written in 1772; autograph in British Museum), m., Rev. William Leeves (published anonymously; first publicly acknowledged by the composer in 1812). [London, 1780?] (copy in British Museum). The battle of Prague. Piano solo (usually with additional instruments), m., Franz Kotzwara. London: Longman and Broderip [,1793?]; and others with later imprints. (Very popular in the American colonies.) Drink to me only with thine eyes, w., Ben Jonson. m., traditional (sometimes attributed to Colonel R. Mellish and erroneously to others). London: J. Oswald [.1762?] (copy in the British Museum). Heart of oak (Harlequin's Invasion) . w., David Garrick. m., William Boyce. (Produced in London, 1759). Iphigenie en Aulide [French opera, first performed in Paris, 1774]. m., Christoph Willibald von Gluck. (The Overture to this opera was frequently played in orchestral concerts in the American colonies from 1793 onwards.) The lass of Richmond Hill, w., Leonard McNally. m., James Hook. (First published in the Morning Herald, London, August 1, 1789.) The lass with the delicate air. SEE Young Molly who lives at the foot of the hill (below). My lodging it is on the cold ground. w., m., traditional. (Published in: Vocal Music, or The Songster's Companion, London, 1775.) The request — better known as: Tell me, babbling echo. w., ? Clarke. m., Gerard Vogler. London: J. and G. Vogler [,1775?]. Rule, Britannia! (Alfred). w., James Thomson; sometimes attributed to David Mallet. m., Thomas Augustine Arne. (Produced in Maidenhead, England, 1740.) Sally in our alley, w., m., Henry Carey. [London, 1715?] (copy in British Museum.) Sigh no more, ladies. Glee for three voices. w., William Shakespeare (in: Much Ado About Nothing), m., Richard John Samuel Stevens. (Frequently sung in concerts in the American colonies during the 1790's.) Softly rise, O southern breeze (Solomon), w., Edward Moore, m., William Boyce. (Produced in London, 1743.) Tell me, babbling echo. SEE The request (below). 35