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Word: romberg (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Dressed in the magnificent rags of theatrical insurgence, surrounded by beautiful girls and elaborate scenery, yodeling a plea for stout-hearted men made tuneful by Sigmund Romberg, Robert (Robert Halliday) and his assistant (William O'Neal) organize their golden expedition. Robert is not content with merely this adventure; in making pretty passes at the hand of a charming aristocrat, he is arrested for treason. On the way to France where Robert is to be punished, the heroine-aristocrat helps to save him and put him in command of the boat on which he was a prisoner. The boat then...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: New Plays in Manhattan: Oct. 1, 1928 | 10/1/1928 | See Source »

Turning to the subject of "Rosalie," the glorifler extraordinary of American femininity remarked that the attempt had been made to combine two types of music; those of George Gershwin and Sigmund Romberg, each extremely successful in itself. "They make great variety and a good combination," he continued. "Another innovation is that the story is based on reality. I have found out that the American public appreciates a sensible plot more than the general blurb we used to present years ago. That whole West Point affair was true, you know. We therefore thought the scenery should be real too. The music...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Flo Ziegfeld Finds America Likes More Sensible Plots in Musical Shows--Jack Donahue Styles Magnate "Good Guy" | 1/10/1928 | See Source »

...Miss Hampton, the plot and the jokes are not really important. The things that matter are the music by Sigmund Romberg,† and the ensemble singing. These factors measure up to the most rigorous standard of recent large scale, light opera in the Shubert manner. Contented patrons of The Student Prince and things like that may dedicate an evening to My Princess...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: New Plays in Manhattan: Oct. 17, 1927 | 10/17/1927 | See Source »

...WEEI. Violin and xylophone solos by P. B. Diederich '28 and S. W. Burbank '29, respectively, will feature the program, which is as follows: Our Director Bigelow Dornroeschen Tohaikovsky Prelude to "Le-Deluge" String Orchestra Saint Saens Paul B. Diederich, '28, Violin soloist Selection from "The Student Prince" by Romberg. Sobre Las Oias Rosas Xylophone Solo Poet and Peasant Suppe Caprice Huerter Scott W. Burbank, '29 March "Stars and Stripes Forever" Sousa Volga Boatman's Song ATT. Jacchua Harvard Marches Fair Harvard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PIERIAN TO BROADCAST FROM BOSTON TONIGHT | 1/15/1927 | See Source »

...Violin Soloist Saint Saens 4. Hungerian March (Rakoczy) Berloiz Concerto for Piano and Orchestra Grieg Arthur A. Landers, '28, Pianist Conducted by Miss Leginska 5. Xylophone Solo Poet and Peasant Suppe Caprice Huerter S. W. Burbank '29 6. March "Stars and Stripes Forever" Sousa 7. Selections from "Student Prince" Romberg 8. Fair Harvard

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PIERIANS PERFORM AT CONCORD AND IN BOSTON | 1/14/1927 | See Source »

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