Finally, the prologue to Britten's Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, played on horn without the use of valves but equally suited to the alphorn, is a beautiful, inspired example of the lyric possibilities of natural harmonics.

In 1955, theatrical producer Martin Gabel was working on a stage adaptation of the James M. Cain novel Serenade, about an opera singer who comes to the realization he is homosexual, and he invited Laurents to write the book.

Jazz pianist and composer, Frank Signorelli, who collaborated on the jazz standards " A Blues Serenade ", recorded by Glenn Miller and Duke Ellington, " Gypsy ", and " Stairway to the Stars ", joined ODJB for a brief time in 1921.

A notable recording of a popular song, such as Judy Garland singing Over the Rainbow ( from The Wizard of Oz ), Mary Martin singing Never Never Land ( from Peter Pan ), Allan Jones singing The Donkey Serenade ( from The Firefly ), or Danny Kaye singing Inchworm ( from Hans Christian Andersen ) would be heard while the cutouts played on the screen, animated by a concealed puppeteer.

Some of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's works, such as his Variations on a Rococo Theme and Serenade for Strings, employ a poised " Classical " form reminiscent of 18th century composers such as Mozart ( the composer whose work was his favorite ).

* David L. Sancious – piano, organ ( solo on " Kitty's Back "), electric piano, clavinet, soprano saxophone on " The E Street Shuffle ", backing vocals, string arrangement on " New York City Serenade "

The estate would later become an important site in the history of modern American ballet, when on June 10, 1934, their son Edward M. M. Warburg ( 1908 – 1992 ) helped produce the first American performance of George Balanchine's masterpiece " Serenade ".

While listening to a recording of " Penny Serenade ," Julie Gardiner Adams ( Irene Dunne ) begins reflecting on her past.

Penny Serenade was dramatized as a half-hour radio play on the November 16, 1941 broadcast of The Screen Guild Theater, starring Cary Grant and Irene Dunne in their original roles.

* Penny Serenade on Screen Guild Theater: November 16, 1941

* Penny Serenade on Lux Radio Theater: April 27, 1942

* Penny Serenade on Lux Radio Theater: May 8, 1944

* Penny Serenade on General Electric Theater: July 23, 1953

** Grofé's Gallodoro's Serenade for Saxophone and Piano with Al Gallodoro on alto saxophone and Mayorga on piano ( premiere recording )

The DOREMI set includes two string quartets, two fugatos for string quintet, a Piano Trio, a Piano Quartet, a Serenade Concertante, two Overtures, an Offertorium, five Lieder, and etude for piano and Variations Brilliantes on a theme of Bellini for Piano 6 hands.

Faithfull sang a duet and recited text on the San Francisco band Oxbow's 1996 album Serenade in Red.

* " The Organ Grinder's Serenade "-J. Aldrich Libbey on Columbia Records

To promote Moonlight Serenade, Simon performed two concerts on board the Queen Mary 2 which were recorded and released on DVD in 2005.

His best known works include the lyrics to songs such as " Star Dust ", " Sweet Lorraine ", " Deep Purple ", " Stars Fell on Alabama ", " Sophisticated Lady ", " Volare " ( English lyrics ), " Moonlight Serenade ", " Mr. Ghost Goes to Town ", " Sleigh Ride ", " One Morning in May ", and " Louisiana Fairy Tale ", which was the first theme song used in the PBS Production of This Old House.

In September 2007, Earle released his twelfth studio album, Washington Square Serenade, on New West Records.

The first rock artist to perform in an " unplugged " mode on MTV was Jethro Tull, who, on November 17, 1987 as an acoustic trio ( Ian Anderson, Dave Pegg, and Martin Barre ), performed a portion of " Serenade to a Cuckoo " and " Skating Away ( On the Thin Ice of the New Day )".

* Am Meer, Serenade, Ave Maria ( Franz Schubert / Alfredo Piatti )

He left a year later to go to Berlin, where he studied briefly before securing a post as assistant conductor to Hans von Bülow, who had been enormously impressed by the young composer's Serenade for wind instruments, composed when he was only 16 years of age.

Its title is a literal English translation of the German name for Mozart's Serenade No. 13 for strings in G major, Eine kleine Nachtmusik.

There is a Mozart reference in the title — A Little Night Music is an occasionally used translation of Eine kleine Nachtmusik, the nickname of Mozart's Serenade No. 13 for strings in G major, K. 525.

In the realm of even larger works, Mozart included the double bass in addition to 12 wind instruments for his " Gran Partita " Serenade, K. 361 and Martinů used the double bass in his nonet for wind quintet, violin, viola, cello and double bass.

A zoetrope was used in the filming the music video for " My Last Serenade " by Killswitch Engage.

* American ( U. S. A .)— Goetzl, Anselm: " Pierrot's Serenade " ( 1915 ; voice and piano ; text by Frederick H. Martens ); Johnston, Jesse: " Pierrot: Trio for Women's Voices " ( 1911 ; vocal trio and piano ); Kern, Jerome: " Poor Pierrot " ( 1931 ; voice and orchestra ; lyrics by Otto Harbach ).

Binge's best known composition is probably Elizabethan Serenade ( 1951 ), which was used by the British Broadcasting Corporation as the theme for the popular 1950s series, " Music Tapestry ," and as the play-out for the British Forces Network radio station, and for which he won an Ivor Novello Award.

Can any other record match ' Moonlight Serenade ' for its ability to induce a Pavlovian slaver in so many for so long?

In the audition scene with Iturbi, Grayson sings a special arrangement by Earl Brent for coloratura soprano and orchestra of the waltz from Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Serenade for Strings.

These include the Nocturne, the Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, the Canticles, the operas Peter Grimes and Albert Herring ( title roles ), his adaption of The Beggar's Opera ( Macheath ), Owen Wingrave ( Sir Philip Wingrave ), Billy Budd ( Captain Vere ), The Turn of the Screw ( Quint ), Death in Venice ( Aschenbach ) and the three Church Parables.

* A Tune for viola and piano ( published 1954 ); 2nd version of Serenade

One notable setting is part of the Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings by Benjamin Britten.

Shortly thereafter, he completed the terse, witty one-movement Italian Serenade for string quartet which is regarded as one of the finest examples of his mature instrumental compositional style.

His most famous instrumental piece is the Italian Serenade ( 1887 ), originally for string quartet and later transcribed for orchestra, which marked the beginning of his mature style.

* Gallodoro's Serenade for Saxophone and Piano ( 1958 ) written for the virtuoso Al Gallodoro

From his early maturity onwards, Holbrooke evinced a sophisticated appreciation of orchestral tone-colour, using several unusual instruments in his scores including the concertina ( The Bells ), sarrusophone ( Apollo and the Seaman ), saxhorn and saxophone ( Serenade for oboe d ' amore, clarinet, basset horn, two saxhorns, viola, five saxophones and harp ).

As a soloist, Civil recorded the horn concertos of Mozart, and his recording of Benjamin Britten's Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings with Robert Tear is also quite well known.

Programs exist showing that Schenker accompanied french horn virtuoso Louis Savart in Schenker's Serenade für Waldhorn on November 5, 1893 ( at the Salle der Börse ) and March 5, 1894 ( at the Bösendorfersaal ).

Amongst other recordings are Rameau's Dardanus, Monteverdi's L ' Orfeo ( he is generally regarded as the world authority on this character's role ), Britten's Serenade for tenor, horn and strings, the role of Frederic in the Sir Charles Mackerras recording of The Pirates of Penzance and lieder by Mozart, Beethoven and Schumann.

Benjamin Britten's Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, though written for the modern horn, makes notable use of the F harmonic series.