ArtNr. GLCD 5135

The Golden Age of Light Music: Four Decades of Light Music – Volume II 1940s & 50s
The optimism of the 1930s was shattered at the end of the decade with the outbreak of the Second World War, but if anything music became even more important to ...
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ArtNr. GLCD 5134

The Golden Age of Light Music: Four Decades of Light Music ? Volume I 1920s & 30s
During the last century Light Music gradually evolved from something rather genteel at the end of Queen Victoria's reign, to the modern sounds that high-fidelity made possible in the 1950s. ...
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ArtNr. GLCD 5132

The Golden Age of Light Music: Continental Flavour
Whether located in small back rooms in London or New York, popular songwriters have never found it difficult to write catchy melodies about holiday destinations in Europe. But the traffic ...
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ArtNr. GLCD 5131

The Golden Age of Light Music: Light Music on the Move
Trains and boats and planes - and a lot more - have all provided inspiration for talented composers, as this fascinating collection vividly illustrates. All kinds of motion are represented, ...
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ArtNr. GLCD 5130

The Golden Age of Light Music: The 1950s Volume 4 - CORNFLAKES
In the early 1950s orchestral singles were still popular with record buyers, and many labels had top conductors under contract. Even the small independent companies provided some interesting releases for ...
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ArtNr. GLCD 5128

The Golden Age of Light Music: Light Music While You Work - Wol. 1
Early on in the Second World War the BBC in Britain used its radio services to boost the morale of millions of factory workers through a daily programme of non-stop ...
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ArtNr. GLCD 5127

The Golden Age of Light Music: The Great Light Orchestras Salute COLE PORTER
Cole Porter was a musical genius who wrote both the words and music for countless songs that achieved great popularity during the middle years of the last century. One could ...
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ArtNr. GLCD 5126

The Golden Age of Light Music: "SOLOISTS SUPREME"
A light orchestra is capable of producing a rich and glorious sound, and a clever composer or arranger will try to bring out the strengths of the various ensembles within ...
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ArtNr. GLCD 5125

The Golden Age of Light Music: Childhood Memories
The carefree years of childhood have for centuries provided inspiration for writers and composers, and Light Music has been an ideal genre in which they can exploit their fantasies. Roger ...
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ArtNr. GLCD 5124

The Golden Age of Light Music: The Hall of Fame - Volume 2
Guild Music's second "Hall of Fame" collection brings together more of the best-known names in Light Music alongside some very talented composers and conductors who deserve to be remembered, even ...
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ArtNr. GLCD 5123

The Golden Age of Light Music: The Light Orchastras Salute Richard Rodgers
Richard Charles Rodgers became one of America's greatest songwriters. The word 'prolific' might have been invented for him, since his output spanning six decades included forty Broadway musicals, Hollywood films, ...
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