Word: musicale
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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The orchestra is to have an important part in the presentation of "Close-Up," the club's spring offering. Besides rendering the musical accompaniment to the dances and songs, it is to give two specialty numbers, overtures before the two acts of the show. In addition, several soloists will be...
Upon investigation he discovered that "It's Up To You" was published in sheet music form with the name of Louis Silvers as composer. It further appears that Silvers is the musical director for the Vitaphone productions and was coach of "Laff It Off", the 1925 Hasty Pudding show, when...
Craig also found that the musical structure of the two songs was identical; the melodies being the same, note for note, except to accommodate the new lyric.
To digress no longer, "The Silver Swan" is first-rate musical entertainment. It is the only commendable "operetta" we have seen in several moons. It has much better than average singing, catching tunes, and a pleasant eyeful of costumes and sets. The humor is well carried off by Florenz Ames...
As a change from straight musical comedy a piece of this sort is most refreshing. Particularly it is so, after the countless disappointments brought by "Student Prince" imitations and such. Colorful, gay, and above all tunefully refreshing. "The Silver Swan" takes its place well up in the ranks of worth...