About fifteen seconds of Irving Berlin's song "Dorando," starting with
the refrain (in a modern performance by John Bowley, with piano
accompaniment by Alex Hodgkinson) has been posted by BBC Radio 4:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/player/b01b9h7c

It is part of a captivating broadcast series titled "Sport and the
British."  This particular episode is "The Rise of Olympism."

The song excerpt begins at 12:30, shortly before the end of the
fifteen minute program.  A reminiscence of the events that inspired
the song (unfortunately, the speaker is not credited; it might be an
actor reading a written remembrance) begins at 11:22.


A sample synthesizer-cum-piano rendition of the song, with a separate
instrumental "voice" playing the vocal line, can be heard here: (click
the "listen" button on the right, above the song sheet)

http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtdFPE.asp?ppn=MN0019757&ref=google

Only the first page, including the verse and the beginning of the
refrain, is played as a sample.  Purchasing the download of the
printed music may make it possible to hear all of the song.



The score has been reprinted in a number of anthologies of early
Irving Berlin songs, including:

Irving Berlin: Early Songs, 1907-1911.  Charles Hamm, editor.
(Published for the American Musicological Society by A-R Editions,
1994)  [in volume 1]

The Songs of Irving Berlin, Volume 1: 1909-1910.  (Masters Music
Publications)  [1990s?]



Richard Markowitz