"Easter Parade (song) ""Easter Parade"" is a popular song, written by Irving Berlin and published in 1933. Berlin originally wrote the melody in 1917, under the title ""Smile and Show Your Dimple"", as a ""cheer up"" song for a girl whose man has gone off to fight in World War I. A recording of ""Smile and Show Your Dimple"" by Sam Ash enjoyed modest success in 1918. Berlin resurrected it with modifications and new lyrics for the 1933 revue ""As Thousands Cheer"". The song was introduced by Marilyn Miller and Clifton Webb in the Broadway musical revue ""As Thousands Cheer"""
"Hit Parade of 1941 Hit Parade of 1941 is a 1940 American film written by Bradford Ropes, F. Hugh Herbert and Maurice Leo and directed by John H. Auer. It was nominated for the Oscar for Best Song at the 13th Academy Awards with the song ""Who Am I?"", with music by Jule Styne and lyric by Walter Bullock. Also nominated for the Oscar for Best Original Score in the same ceremony for composer Cy Feuer. A small radio station is saved from going bankrupt by a backer, who agrees to invest money for television equipment if the owner allows"
"Parade (revue) Parade is an Off-Broadway revue with book, music, and lyrics by Jerry Herman, produced by Lawrence Kasha that opened originally at the Showplace in New York and moved to the Players Theatre on January 20, 1960. In addition to writing the book, music and lyrics, Jerry Herman directed the show with choreography and staging by Richard Tone. The costumes were by Nilo and the production was designed by Gary Smith. The cast included Dody Goodman, Richard Tone, Fia Karin, Charles Nelson Reilly, and Lester James. Some of the songs from ""Parade"" were later used by Herman in ""Mame"""
"tries to explain that he was forced to Later that morning, several gifts arrive at Don's apartment, with no cards. Hannah arrives unexpectedly saying she sent them, oblivious to the previous evening's argument and urging him to prepare for their date. As they walk in the Easter parade, photographers take their picture, echoing the film's opening with Nadine, and he proposes to her (""Easter Parade""). Norman Barker was the trombonist who played in the duet with Judy Garland The film won the 1948 Academy Award for Best Original Music Score. Its writers also received the Writers Guild of America Award"
"""Easter Parade"" sung by Marilyn Miller and Clifton Webb, ""Heat Wave"" (presented as the weather forecast), ""Harlem on My Mind"", and ""Supper Time"", a song about racial violence inspired by a newspaper headline about a lynching, sung by Ethel Waters. She once said about the song, ""If one song can tell the whole tragic history of a race, 'Supper Time' was that song. In singing it I was telling my comfortable, well-fed, well-dressed listeners about my people...those who had been slaves and those who were now downtrodden and oppressed."" Berlin loved his country, and wrote many songs reflecting his patriotism."
"Parade (musical) Parade is a musical with a book by Alfred Uhry and music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown. The musical premiered on Broadway in 1998 and won Tony Awards for Best Book and Best Original Score (out of nine nominations) and six Drama Desk Awards. The show has had a U.S. national tour and numerous professional and amateur productions in both the U.S. and abroad. The musical dramatizes the 1913 trial of Jewish factory manager Leo Frank, who was accused and convicted of raping and murdering a thirteen-year-old employee, Mary Phagan. The trial, sensationalized by the media, aroused"
"Easter Oratorio The Easter Oratorio (), ', is an oratorio by Johann Sebastian Bach, beginning with ' (""Come, hasten and run""). Bach composed it in Leipzig and first performed it on 1 April 1725. The first version of the work was completed as a cantata for Easter Sunday in Leipzig on 1 April 1725, then under the title . It was named ""oratorio"" and given the new title only in a version revised in 1735. In a later version in the 1740s the third movement was expanded from a duet to a four-part chorus. The work is based on a"
"The Easter Journey The Easter Journey is the fourth album recorded by Philippine-based vocal ensemble Hangad. The album contains all-original songs intended to be performed for the Easter liturgy in the Roman Catholic Church. It also includes an almost-complete set of songs for the Holy Mass, the ""Lord, Have Mercy"" prayer having been omitted.<br> ""Easter Journey"" was launched in cassettes and CDs on February 27, 2005, at the Church of Gesu in Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City. ""All words, music and arrangements (instrumental and choral) provided by Paulo K. Tirol except where noted"" ""Instrumentalists"" ""Production"" ""Engineering"" ""Art"" ""Songbook"" ""Pieta"
"Parade"", which was written around a mixture of ten older and eight newly composed Irving Berlin songs. Berlin's deal with MGM for the package of songs that included ""I Want to Go Back to Michigan"" was $500,000 plus a percentage of box office receipts, which was an unusually advantageous contract for a songwriter and amounted to twenty percent of the film's total budget of $2.5 million. The film won the 1948 Academy Award for Best Musical Score. I Want To Go Back To Michigan I Want to Go Back to Michigan is a song by Irving Berlin composed in 1914."
"Easter hymn """" (The glorious day has appeared) by Nikolaus Herman (1560), praising the day of the resurrection. In contrast, movement 5 recalls the danger by the enemies, until in movement 6 Jesus appears, as he did to his disciples in Jerusalem, finally bringing peace. The line """" (Peace be with you) is repeated four times, framing three stanzas of a poem. The closing chorale is the first stanza of """" (Thou Prince of Peace, Lord Jesus Christ) by Jakob Ebert (1601). Bach led the first performance on 16 April 1724. Bach structured the cantata in seven movements, arranged symmetrically"
"Edward V. Cupero Edward Victor Cupero (February 16, 1877 – September 10, 1939) was an Italian American composer, arranger, and cornetist best known for his screamer ""Honey Boys on Parade"" which he composed for the traveling band of George ""Honey Boy"" Evans. Born in Italy as Bonaventura Cupero on February 16, 1877, he immigrated to the United States with his father in 1891 and later changed his name to Edward Victor Cupero. He returned to Italy to study at the Royal Conservatory in Naples. He directed several minstrel shows in the United States, organized two bands in Baltimore, and later"
"Henry Mancini Enrico Nicola ""Henry"" Mancini (; April 16, 1924 – June 14, 1994) was an American composer, conductor and arranger, who is best remembered for his film and television scores. Often cited as one of the greatest composers in the history of film, he won four Academy Awards, a Golden Globe, and twenty Grammy Awards, plus a posthumous Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1995. His best known works include the theme and soundtrack for the ""Peter Gunn"" television series as well as the music for ""The Pink Panther"" film series (""The Pink Panther Theme"") and ""Moon River"" from ""Breakfast"
"Spring Parade Spring Parade is a 1940 American musical comedy film directed by Henry Koster and starring Deanna Durbin. It is a remake of the 1934 film ""Spring Parade"". Producer Joe Pasternak and screenwriter Ernst Marischka worked on both films. Based on a story by Ernst Marischka, the film is about an Hungarian woman who attends a Viennese fair and buys a card from a gypsy fortune teller which says she will meet someone important and is destined for a happy marriage. Soon after the woman gets a job as a baker's assistant and meets a handsome army drummer who"
"led a theater orchestra. He died in Baltimore on September 10, 1939 and was buried in Western Cemetery. Edward V. Cupero Edward Victor Cupero (February 16, 1877 – September 10, 1939) was an Italian American composer, arranger, and cornetist best known for his screamer ""Honey Boys on Parade"" which he composed for the traveling band of George ""Honey Boy"" Evans. Born in Italy as Bonaventura Cupero on February 16, 1877, he immigrated to the United States with his father in 1891 and later changed his name to Edward Victor Cupero. He returned to Italy to study at the Royal Conservatory"
"his dancing daughter Annabelle to dance and sing on the screen. Due to her voice, her singing needs to be dubbed by the owner's girlfriend Pat Abbott. Problems arise when the owner starts dating Annabelle. Hit Parade of 1941 Hit Parade of 1941 is a 1940 American film written by Bradford Ropes, F. Hugh Herbert and Maurice Leo and directed by John H. Auer. It was nominated for the Oscar for Best Song at the 13th Academy Awards with the song ""Who Am I?"", with music by Jule Styne and lyric by Walter Bullock. Also nominated for the Oscar for"
"Easter (Marillion song) Easter is a song from English neo-progressive rock band Marillion's 1989 album ""Seasons End"", which became a UK Top 40 hit when issued as a single in 1990. Allmusic describe the song as ""heartfelt"" with an ""imaginative electric-acoustic arrangement"". As with many Marillion songs, the album version features an extended guitar solo by Steve Rothery, which has become a fan-favourite, although it is heavily edited for the single version. The song was written by singer Steve Hogarth before he joined the band in 1989 and was inspired by The Troubles in Northern Ireland. The title is in"
"Britain and toured widely enjoying world acclaim. Their repertoire included many Scottish folk songs arranged for choral performance, and Paraphrases, as well as Italian madrigals, English motets and the music of the Russian Orthodox Church. The choir also performed the works of Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frideric Handel, Felix Mendelssohn, Peter Cornelius, Johannes Brahms and others. He wrote the choral work ""All in the April Evening"" (words by Katharine Tynan) and the popular songs ""Westering Home"" and ""Mairi's Wedding"". Roberton was knighted in the 1931 New Year's Honours. He was a pacifist and member of the Peace Pledge Union. For"
"This joyful Eastertide ""This joyful Eastertide"" is an 1894 Easter carol written by George Ratcliffe Woodward and Charles Wood. The original carol was published in 1894 in ""Carols for Easter and Ascensiontide"", a publication put together by Woodward and Wood; and again in 1902 in ""The Cowley Carol Book"" (second edition). The music has been republished many times, often under choral arrangements. Some of the arrangements published include that of William Llewellyn published by Oxford University Press, and that of Philip Ledger. More recently, Oxford University Press published the text set to a completely new tune composed by Matthew Owens"
"in 2015 in the form of a choral anthem. Many versions exist of the three original verses; but in its original form as written by George Ratcliffe Woodward and published in 1894, it is as follows: Two additional verses were penned by Basilian Father M. Owen Lee: This joyful Eastertide ""This joyful Eastertide"" is an 1894 Easter carol written by George Ratcliffe Woodward and Charles Wood. The original carol was published in 1894 in ""Carols for Easter and Ascensiontide"", a publication put together by Woodward and Wood; and again in 1902 in ""The Cowley Carol Book"" (second edition). The music"
"dreams of becoming a famous composer and conductor, but is held back by the military which discourages original music. Wanting to help the army drummer, the woman sends one of his waltzes to the Austrian Emperor with his weekly order of pastries, which leads to the tuneful and joyous fulfillment of the gypsy's prediction. The film was nominated for four Academy Awards. ""Spring Parade"" received four Academy Award nominations for Best Cinematography, Best Original Song, Best Musical Score, and Best Sound Recording. Spring Parade Spring Parade is a 1940 American musical comedy film directed by Henry Koster and starring Deanna"
"the television industry, Hairston has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame located at 6201 Hollywood Blvd. He is interred at Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, California. Jester Hairston Jester Joseph Hairston (July 9, 1901 – January 18, 2000) was an American composer, songwriter, arranger, choral conductor, and actor. He was regarded as a leading expert on Negro spirituals and choral music. His notable compositions include ""Amen,"" a gospel-tinged theme from the film ""Lilies of the Field"" and a 1963 hit for The Impressions, and the Christmas song ""Mary's Boy Child"". Hairston was born in Belews Creek, a rural community"
"such as ""Shrek"", ""Chicken Run"", ""Antz"", """", ""The Prince of Egypt"", ""Bee Movie"", and ""The Road to El Dorado"". In addition, he was commissioned by Disney to compose the score for their fireworks show """" and a parade called ""Tapestry of Nations"" at Epcot. He has also conducted music for Disney's movie . The resulting pieces of music from the fireworks show have been used by Disney since 1999. With the permission from Disney, who hold the full rights to the composition and the Hal Leonard corp. who hold the publishing rights, Reflections of Earth has now been arranged for"
"The Passing Parade The Passing Parade, a.k.a. John Nesbitt's Passing Parade, was an American radio series created, written, and narrated by John Nesbitt which was adapted into an Oscar-winning series of MGM short subjects. In both media, the series usually focused on strange-but-true historical events, both little-known and famous, as well as figures such as Catherine de' Medici and Nostradamus. The radio series, developed as an outgrowth of an earlier Nesbitt-produced program (""Headlines of the Past""), was launched on the NBC network on February 1, 1937, running off and on until 1951 over three different networks and in syndication. Nesbitt's"
"Hubert Parry Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, 1st Baronet (27 February 18487 October 1918) was an English composer, teacher and historian of music. Parry's first major works appeared in 1880. As a composer he is best known for the choral song ""Jerusalem"", his 1902 setting for the coronation anthem ""I was glad"", the choral and orchestral ode ""Blest Pair of Sirens"", and the hymn tune ""Repton"", which sets the words ""Dear Lord and Father of Mankind"". His orchestral works include five symphonies and a set of Symphonic Variations. After early attempts to work in insurance, at his father's behest, Parry"
"Leon Jessel Leon Jessel, or Léon Jessel (January 22, 1871 – January 4, 1942) was a German composer of operettas and light classical music pieces. Today he is best known internationally as the composer of the popular jaunty march ""The Parade of the Tin Soldiers"", also known as ""The Parade of the Wooden Soldiers"". Jessel was a prolific composer who wrote hundreds of light orchestral pieces, piano pieces, songs, waltzes, mazurkas, marches, choruses, and other salon music. He achieved considerable acclaim with a number of his operettas — in particular ""Schwarzwaldmädel"" (""Black Forest Girl""), which remains popular to this day."
"Mike Post Mike Post (born Leland Michael Postil, September 29, 1944) is an American multi Grammy and Emmy-winning composer, best known for his TV theme songs for such series as ""Law & Order"", """", ""The A-Team"", ""NYPD Blue"", ""Renegade,"" ""The Rockford Files"", ""L.A. Law"", ""Quantum Leap"", ""Magnum, P.I."", and ""Hill Street Blues"". Post's first credited work in music was cutting demos using two singing sisters, Terry and Carol Fischer. With Sally Gordon, they went on to become The Murmaids. Their first single, ""Popsicles and Icicles"" (written by David Gates), was a #3 hit song in January 1964. Post also provided"
"The Parade of the Tin Soldiers The Parade of the Tin Soldiers (""Die Parade der Zinnsoldaten""), also known as The Parade of the Wooden Soldiers, is an instrumental musical character piece, in the form of a popular jaunty march, written by German composer Leon Jessel, in 1897. ""The Parade of the Tin Soldiers"" was originally composed for solo piano. Jessel later published it for orchestra in 1905, as Opus 123. Today it is also a popular tune for marching bands, concert bands, and small orchestras, and for extremely diverse alternate instrumentations as well. Since the early 1920s, the piece has"
"The Glorious Fourth ""The Glorious Fourth"" is a song written by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman in 1974 for the then-upcoming American Bicentennial. Disneyland temporarily changed its ""Main Street Electrical Parade"" to ""America on Parade"" and featured the Sherman Brothers' song ""The Glorious Fourth"". The revamped parade featured nightly fireworks and ran twice a day from 1975-1977. The writing of this song marked a brief, albeit non-exclusive, return of the brother songwriting duo to the Disney fold where they had left exclusive employment in 1968. The Shermans worked exclusively for Walt Disney from 1960 until his death in"
"the Mass in B minor. Easter Oratorio The Easter Oratorio (), ', is an oratorio by Johann Sebastian Bach, beginning with ' (""Come, hasten and run""). Bach composed it in Leipzig and first performed it on 1 April 1725. The first version of the work was completed as a cantata for Easter Sunday in Leipzig on 1 April 1725, then under the title . It was named ""oratorio"" and given the new title only in a version revised in 1735. In a later version in the 1740s the third movement was expanded from a duet to a four-part chorus. The"
"reference to Easter 1916 by William Butler Yeats. Portions of the video were filmed on the Giants Causeway. Easter (Marillion song) Easter is a song from English neo-progressive rock band Marillion's 1989 album ""Seasons End"", which became a UK Top 40 hit when issued as a single in 1990. Allmusic describe the song as ""heartfelt"" with an ""imaginative electric-acoustic arrangement"". As with many Marillion songs, the album version features an extended guitar solo by Steve Rothery, which has become a fan-favourite, although it is heavily edited for the single version. The song was written by singer Steve Hogarth before he"
"Glen Roven Glen Paul Roven (July 13, 1958 – July 25, 2018) was an American two-time Emmy winning composer, lyricist, conductor and producer. He composed the music to ""The Hillary Speeches"" setting two of Mrs. Clinton's speeches to music which streamed opposite Trump's inauguration and featured opera stars Patricia Racette, Isabel Leonard, Nathan Gunn, Lawrence Brownlee, Mathew Polenzani, Kyle Ketelson and 23 others. Other notable Roven compositions include a violin concerto based on the children's book ""The Runaway Bunny"" which was recorded by Sony narrated by Brooke Shields and recorded by GPRrecords narrated by Catherine Zeta-Jones. Another notable composition is"
"Sung by Frances Langford<br> Written by Cliff Friend and Matty Malneck <br> Performed by the Tic-Toc Girls, Duke Ellington Orchestra, Eddy Duchin & His Orchestra and Carl Hoff & The Hit Parade Orchestra with chorus<br> Music by Sam H. Stept<br> Lyrics by Ned Washington<br> Sung by Phil Regan and Frances Langford<br> Music by Sam H. Stept The Hit Parade (film) The Hit Parade is a 1937 American musical film directed by Gus Meins and written by Bradford Ropes, Samuel Ornitz and Harry Ruskin. The film stars Frances Langford, Phil Regan, Max Terhune, Edward Brophy, Louise Henry and Pert Kelton. The"
"from his previous shows, as well as several previously unreleased songs. Jason Robert Brown Jason Robert Brown (born June 20, 1970) is an American musical theatre composer, lyricist, and playwright. Brown's music sensibility fuses pop-rock stylings with theatrical lyrics. An accomplished pianist, Brown has often served as music director, conductor, orchestrator, and pianist for his own productions. He has won Tony Awards for his work on ""Parade"" and ""The Bridges of Madison County"". Brown grew up in the suburbs of New York City, and attended the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York for 2 years. During summer, he"