Thanks for this. It is much appreciated. The New Orleans New Leviathan
Oriental Orchestra recorded a similar Italian dialogue song, "Sweet
Italian Love," on one of its CDs. Sounds very much like "Dorando."
If Berlin did sing it on a Frank Sinatra radio show, that would have
been interesting to listen to!
Neal Lavon
On 6/28/2012 2:56 PM, Richard Markowitz wrote:
> 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
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Neal Lavon
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