THE FRANCE I KNEW - MUSIC [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: THE FRANCE I KNEW - MUSIC [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: MGH 3772A
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  • Summary: Compact Disc copies of the 78 rpm records used by amateur camerawoman Rosie Newman to accompany screenings of her edited film "The France I Knew" which consists of footage of her inter-war travels in France (probably 1938), and footage shot on her wartime trip to France from 30 March 1940 to mid May 1940.
  • Description: Compact Disc copies of 78 rpm records Disc 1. 1. Nous Nous Retrouverons (We May Meet Again) Waltz and Chorus act 2 ("Faust" - Gounod) Marcel Journet - bass. Cesar Vezzani - tenor and Marthe Coiffier - soprano and the Chorus of the Paris Opera Orchestra conducted by Henri Busser. 2. Pony (Pixner) Barnabas von Geczy and his Orchestra 3. Sylvia Ballet - procession of Bacchus (Delibes) Symphony Orchestra conducted by John Barbirolli. 4. Les Cloches de Corneville - Valse (Planquette) Orchestre Jazz - Musette Pierrot. 5. La Seine (J Lafarge - R Manod) Jacqueline Francois (Grand Prix du Disque 1948) et Paul Durand avec son Orchestre. 6. Artists Life - waltz (Strauss) Marek Weber and his Orchestra 7. Karelia Suite op. 11 - alla marcia (Sibelius) London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Walter Goehr. 8. Weather effects - sound effects 1. thunder storm 2. sea effects 3. running brook 4. water lapping against boat. 9. In the Shadows (Finck) Tom Jones and his Orchestra (recorded at The Grand Hotel, Eastbourne). 10. The Whistler and his Dog (Pryor) Reginald Foort at the BBC Theatre Organ. 11. The Frolicsome Hare (H Ainsworth Hope) Leslie Jeffries and his Orchestra at The Grand Hotel, Eastbourne. 12. Old Waltzes - selection, selection part 2, Mammoth Fair Organ. 13. Champagne Gallop (HC Lumbye) Grand Symphony Orchestra. 14. Madrigale (A Simonetti) New Mayfair String Orchestra conducted by George Walker. 15. Ave Maria ("Lorelei" Mendelssohn Bartholdy) Berlin Philharmonic Choir with Orch. cond. by Prof. Siegfried Ochs - soloist Ursula van Diemen. 16. Sandler Serenades - part 2 introducing Second Serenade (Hykens:Serenade Toselli) Serenade - les Millions d'Arlequin (Drigo) Albert Sandler and his Orchestra. 17. (Handwritten - no production label on original 78rpm) Song of Paradise. 18. The Golden Bird (musical accompaniment "The Birds and the Brook" - actual canary solo). 19. March Slave op 31 - part 1 (Tchaikovsky) Boston Promenade Orchestra conducted by Athur Fielder. 20. Aldershot Command Searchlight Tattoo 1934 - Marital Moments (excerpts) Massed Bands of Aldershot Command. Disc 2 1. Marche Lorraine (Ganne) The Band of HM Coldstream Guards conductor Lieutenant RG Evans. 2. Le Regiment de Sambre et Meuse - march (Rauski) Regimental Band of HM Grenadier Guards conducted by Lt Col George Miller. 3. La Madelon - Marche en Defile (paroles de L. Bousquet - musique de C Robert ) Musique de la Guard Republicaine sous la direction de M Pierre Dupont, couplet und refrain chantes par M Gastand (baryton) de l'Opera-Comique. 4. Alsace - Lorraine (ben tayoux et chassaigne arrt. De Marcoux) Musique de 5eme Regiment d'Infanterie sous la direction de M J de Barat. 5. Bugle calls - sound effects 1 fanfare 2 reveille 3 rouse 4 cookhouse 5 last post. 6. Machinery Noises (Printing Press). 7. Le Defile National (La Marseellaise, Le Chant Du Depart, Le Chant Des Girondins, La Charge, Harmonise Et Arrange Par G Balay Musique De La Garde Republicaine Sous La Direction De M Pierre Dupont. 8. (Reverse of record no 1) Ne Permettrez vous pas (High Born and Lovely). 9. (Reverse of record no 2) Ragamuffin (Rixner). 10. (Reverse of record no 3) Sylvia Ballet - Pizzicato (Delibes). 11. (Reverse of record no 4) La Fille De Madame Angot - Valse (Ch Lecoq). 12. (Reverse of record no 5) Si Tu Partais. 13. (Reverse of record no 6) Danube Waves - Waltz. 14. (Reverse of record no 7) Karelia Suite op. 11 - Intermezzo. 15. (Reverse of record no 8) weather effects - sound effects 1. Wind. 2. Howling wind and sea. 3. Rain and wind. 16. (Reverse of record no 9) Fairy Tale (Heykens arr. S ffoulkes). 17. (Reverse of record no 10) Teddy Bear's Picnic (Bratton). 18. (Reverse of record no 11) Dance Of The Icicles (From Suite "The Wooing Of The Snowflakes" Kennedy Russel). 19. (Reverse of record no 12) Old Waltzes - Selection Part 1. 20. (Reverse of record no 13) Champagne Bubbles - Waltz Intermezzo (Kochman - Schmidt). Disc 3 1. (Reverse of record no 14) Minuet (Boccherini arr. Goehr). 2. (Reverse of record no 15) Laudate Dominum (Mozart). 3. (Reverse of record no 16) Sandler Serenades - Part 1 Introducing Frasquita Serenade (Lehar) Serenade (Schubert) First Serenade (Heykens). 4. (Reverse of record no 17) Fairy Tale. 5. (Reverse of record no 18) The Golden Bird (Musical Accomp - "The Canary" Polka - Poleakin - Actual Canary Solo). 6. (Reverse of record no 19) March Slav - Op 31 - Conclusion. 7. (Reverse of record no 20) Aldershot Command Searchlight Tattoo 1934 intro "Pack Up Your Troubles", "Mademoiselle from Armentieres", "It's A Long Way To Tipperary", "Soldiers Of The King", "Keep The Home Fires Burning" - Massed Bands Of Aldershot Command. 8. (Reverse of record no 21) El Capitan March (Sousa). 9. (Reverse of record no 22) Semper Fidelis - March (J P Sousa). 10. (Reverse of record no 23) Une page d'histroire l'armistice de la Grande Guerre (texte de M Scapini Depute de Paris President de l'association des Aveugies de Guerre) texte dit par M R Alexandre Societaire de la Comedie-Francais suivi de la Sonniere "Cessex le Feu" par M Sellier clarion de lÂ’armistice. 11. (Reverse of record no 24) Salut Au 85eme (Fernand Petit). 12. (Reverse of record no 25) Sirens and Horns 1. Works siren 2 Klaxon horn 3 Electric horn 4 Taxi horn 5 Taxi horn 6 Steamboat siren - intermittent 7 Steamboat siren – continuous. 13. (Reverse of record no 26) 1 crowd at races 2 angry crowd at races 14. (Reverse of record no 27) Defile de la Garde Republicaine (Wettege).
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  • Sound: Silent
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  • Production Date: 1941
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  • Technical Details: Format: CD Number of items/reels/tapes: 3
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