The DuPont Company of Wilmington, Delaware presents The Cabalcade of Music.
The great steelmaker and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie has been quoted as saying,
My idea of heaven is to be able to sit and listen to all the Victor Herbert music I want to.
For many years all America has paid Herbert the greatest compliment a composer can be given,
the joyful playing and singing of his song.
And this evening Don Voorhees and the DuPont Cabalcade Orchestra and our guest star Francho White
have arranged a full program of Victor Herbert melodies.
This program marks Francho White's farewell appearance on our DuPont Summer Series.
And judging by the many fine letters we've had complimenting her voice,
you will join us in regretfully saying goodbye.
Now let's begin this program of music by Victor Herbert with a melody from one of the 41 Herbert operettas.
It is the Waltz from Sweetheart.
The Waltz from Sweetheart.
The Waltz from Sweetheart.
The Waltz from Sweetheart.
The Waltz from Sweetheart.
The Waltz from Sweetheart.
The Waltz from Sweetheart.
The Waltz from Sweetheart.
In 1905 Victor Herbert wrote an operetta called Mademoiselle Modisse for the famous singing star Fritzi Schaaf.
In the score was a number called If I Were on the Stage, and the part of it you'll probably remember best
is the last refrain, the lovely Kiss Me Again.
DuPont's guest soprano Francho White will sing it.
If I were asked to play a part Of simple maiden light of heart
A vivid laughing country close As to and from her where she goes
I'd sing a merry living strain And a gayly gone to the three fringes
If they should offer me some day A prima donna role to play
A lovely queen with powdered hair A costly thousand duels are rare
I would not play the part I'm here I'd sing a poor remain like this
Are you the one that's free That happy I can see A queen with a bow and an arrow
A lovely maiden great To kneel and kiss my heart
A king upon his throne To a woman upon his throne
A powerful man and a good queen Who would not be my queen
The best of all the parts I'd play If I could only have my way
Would be a strong romantic role Emotional and full of soul
And I'd be leave for such a thing A dreary sensuous world I'd play
With summer breeze Whispering twigs The shining star clear by
The forget-me-not
Take in your own, far from alone.
Daylight will come, the fat in the wind.
Great and the lovely fruit, nominated your breath.
Kiss me, kiss me again.
Kiss me again.
Kiss me, kiss me again.
While it was his lighter music that brought Victor Herbert world prestige,
one of the composer's favorite works was his opera Natoma.
The New York Opera companies would not produce it,
but Herbert finally managed to have it open in Philadelphia.
With Mary Garden and John McCormick in the principal roles,
the opera was a success,
and one of Victor Herbert's greatest ambitions was realized.
Don Voorhees and the DuPont Cavalcade Orchestra will now play
excerpts from the score of Natoma.
Natoma's opera was a success,
and one of Victor Herbert's greatest ambitions was to create
an opera that would not be the same as the one I made.
The opera was a success,
and one of Victor Herbert's greatest ambitions was to create
an opera that would not be the same as the one I made.
The opera was a success,
and one of Victor Herbert's greatest ambitions was to create
an opera that would not be the same as the one I made.
The opera was a success,
and one of Victor Herbert's greatest ambitions was to create
an opera that would not be the same as the one I made.
The opera was a success,
and one of Victor Herbert's greatest ambitions was to create
an opera that would not be the same as the one I made.
The opera was a success,
and one of Victor Herbert's greatest ambitions was to create
an opera that would not be the same as the one I made.
The opera was a success,
and one of Victor Herbert's greatest ambitions was to create
an opera that would not be the same as the one I made.
The opera was a success,
and one of Victor Herbert's greatest ambitions was to create
an opera that would not be the same as the one I made.
The opera was a success,
and one of Victor Herbert's greatest ambitions was to create
an opera that would not be the same as the one I made.
The opera was a success,
and one of Victor Herbert's greatest ambitions was to create
an opera that would not be the same as the one I made.
Victor Herbert composed with extraordinary speed.
He once started writing the score for an operetta on a Wednesday morning,
and finished it the following Tuesday.
The opera was a success,
and one of Victor Herbert's greatest ambitions was to create
an opera that would not be the same as the one I made.
The opera was a success,
and one of Victor Herbert's greatest ambitions was to create
an opera that would not be the same as the one I made.
The opera was a success,
and one of Victor Herbert's greatest ambitions was to create
an opera that would not be the same as the one I made.
The opera was a success,
and one of Victor Herbert's greatest ambitions was to create
an opera that would not be the same as the one I made.
The opera was a success,
and one of Victor Herbert's greatest ambitions was to create
an opera that would not be the same as the one I made.
Before continuing this program with Victor Herbert's music,
we pause briefly for a message from the DuPont Company.
Did you know that DuPont chemists use black sand
to produce the whitest white you ever saw?
Yes, at Baltimore, Maryland, the DuPont Company has a plant
which makes from black sand a bright white pigment
known chemically as titanium dioxide,
and sold under the trademarks Tye Pure and Rayox.
This chemical product works for all of us in many ways every day.
For instance, today you undoubtedly picked up a business letter,
a magazine, or a book.
The chances are that it was pleasing to the eye and easy to read,
because the typing or printing was done on really white paper,
making the print stand out clearly.
And probably this white pigment, titanium dioxide,
made from black sand by DuPont chemists,
was used to brighten the paper and make it opaque,
so that printing on the other side wouldn't show through.
The brilliant whiteness of your refrigerator, kitchen range, walls, ceilings, woodwork,
or even the outside of your house may have come from this pigment,
for titanium dioxide is widely used as a pigment
in such finishes as DuPont Dulux.
It even goes into the white cleaner that keeps your sports shoes looking thick and spand.
The DuPont plant in Baltimore that makes this pigment is right on the waterfront of that city.
Several hundred Baltimoreans worked there,
and the carefully controlled chemical steps used in the manufacture of titanium dioxide pigment
require enough steam, electricity, and water to serve a whole city of 10,000 people.
Once the product is made, it is carried by boat, rail, and motor
to hundreds of customers and also to 28 distributing points throughout the country,
where many additional thousand workers in such industries as linoleum, rubber, paint, paper,
ceramics, and leather make use of this white pigment.
Thirteen years ago, titanium dioxide sold for a dollar and a half a pound.
Today, a much superior grade produced in DuPont's Baltimore plant sells at 16 cents a pound.
Here again, chemical research has helped reduce the selling price over a period of years.
Living in Baltimore, working in Baltimore, and serving the nation,
the DuPont chemists and factory workers, by continuing their efforts to improve titanium dioxide
and make it at a still lower cost, are doing their share toward helping the DuPont company
provide better things for better living through chemistry.
Music
One of Victor Herbert's greatest ambitions was to write an Irish operetta,
Franscha White sings Zine Alone from Eileen.
Music
Tell me why is there a doubt within my heart, my heart, tell me why
I but fear that time will come when we must part, unless I would die
Every night I see my night, I'll dream of thee my darling,
My heart is but thine, Zine Alone
Zine Alone
In thy arms, in mine, be my beloved, let thy night look strongly into mine
For thy love bears a spell, I too wonder as to tell, is right here, it calls me back
Thou wilt live by dreams, dear life, and for me, for thy love the world could not attend
Thine eyes, thy spirit, thy will be my dear truth
And from my heart, I'll be yours
Last year, Thousands turned out for a revival of Victor Herbert's famous operetta Naughty Marietta.
Heading the cast was our guest artist, Franscha White.
Her performance was so brilliant that critics enthusiastically acclaimed her as today's foremost interpreter of Herbert Melody.
We'll hear a medley from Naughty Marietta now.
Naughty Marietta
Naughty Marietta
Naughty Marietta
Naughty Marietta
Naughty Marietta
Naughty Marietta
Naughty Marietta
Naughty Marietta
Naughty Marietta
Naughty Marietta
Naughty Marietta
Naughty Marietta
Naughty Marietta
Naughty Marietta
Naughty Marietta
Naughty Marietta
Naughty Marietta
Naughty Marietta
Naughty Marietta
Naughty Marietta
Naughty Marietta
Naughty Marietta
Naughty Marietta
Naughty Marietta
Naughty Marietta
Naughty Marietta
Speaking of Victor Herbert, Dean Taylor once said,
He had the gift of song, his music bubbled and sparkled and charmed,
and he brought the precious gift of gaiety to an art that often suffers from pretentiousness.
Surely Herbert brought joy to the hearts of millions with his music,
songs that will live forever because their pure, unforgettable melody.
We're proud to salute the memory and the works of Victor Herbert in this DuPont cavalcade of music.
Now, Franscha White, since this is your farewell appearance on our DuPont Summer Series,
we want to thank you and assure you that you're taking everyone's very best wishes with you.
Next Wednesday evening, Don Voorhees and the DuPont Cavalcade Orchestra will play a program of numbers
by a young man who has written music entirely for the moving pictures.
His name is Nacho Herb Brown, and he wrote,
That's the Fagin' Love Song by Nacho Herb Brown, and we'll hear a full program of his tunes
next Wednesday, same time and station, when the DuPont Company of Wilmington, Delaware,
again presents the Cavalcade of Music.
This is the Columbia Broadband System.
Thank you.