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(Victor 19007)
Recorded 1/2/1923 New York, New York.
Paul Whiteman Orchestra (Musical group)
George Tordy (instrumentalist : violin)
Edward T. King (conductor)
Paul Whiteman (leader)
Léon Jessel (composer)
Chauve-souris (Work title)
Parade der Zinnsoldaten (Uniform title)
"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 been very popular in the U.S., and has also been frequently performed and recorded worldwide. A song, "The Parade of the Wooden Soldiers", was also created from the piece in 1922, with English lyrics by Ballard MacDonald.
In December 1920 Nikita Balieff's La Chauve-Souris (The Bat) revue reached Paris, to great acclaim, and in 1922 it was brought to Broadway. Balieff's entertainingly choreographed wooden-soldiers showpiece, with Jessel's popular tune, was a sensation, and a by-demand mainstay of his extremely long-running U.S. production.
. Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra recorded an acoustic version in 1923.
(Victor 19007)
Recorded 1/2/1923 New York, New York.
Paul Whiteman Orchestra (Musical group)
George Tordy (instrumentalist : violin)
Edward T. King (conductor)
Paul Whiteman (leader)
Léon Jessel (composer)
Chauve-souris (Work title)
Parade der Zinnsoldaten (Uniform title)
"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 been very popular in the U.S., and has also been frequently performed and recorded worldwide. A song, "The Parade of the Wooden Soldiers", was also created from the piece in 1922, with English lyrics by Ballard MacDonald.
In December 1920 Nikita Balieff's La Chauve-Souris (The Bat) revue reached Paris, to great acclaim, and in 1922 it was brought to Broadway. Balieff's entertainingly choreographed wooden-soldiers showpiece, with Jessel's popular tune, was a sensation, and a by-demand mainstay of his extremely long-running U.S. production.
. Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra recorded an acoustic version in 1923.
