The Cavalcade of Music, presented by DuPont.
The Cavalcade of Music
This evening DuPont begins a new series of programs that takes the place of the Cavalcade of America dramatizations during the summer month.
This new summer series, the DuPont Cavalcade of Music, presents works of living composers whose music is truly American.
Music that has set the style of lighter melody around the world.
You will hear songs by such men as George Gershwin, Richard Rogers, Arthur Schwartz, Vincent Heumann, Rudolf Brimmel and others.
Each program will be devoted to the music of one of these men.
Don Voorhees, nationally known as one of our most talented and versatile conductors, will direct the DuPont Cavalcade Orchestra.
Mr. Voorhees' long experience in the theater and on radio, as well as his personal friendship with many of the composers, makes him the ideal selection.
And as its singing guest, DuPont presents a young man from Northampton, Massachusetts, a young man known to millions of radio listeners, the brilliant baritone, Conrad Thiebaud.
The DuPont Cavalcade of Music begins with compositions of a man who rode to international fame on his songs, Irving Berlin.
To start, we'll hear a tune Berlin wrote way back in 1912, one that started America dancing the one step and is still played by today's swing band, Alexander's Ragtime Band.
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For the 1919 Ziegfeld Follies, Irving Berlin wrote a number that quickly became one of the high spots of all American popular music.
A pretty girl is like a melody.
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The first time Conrad Thiebaud ever came to New York City, he went to a musical show and was enthusiastic about the orchestra.
He learned that a youngster named Don Voorhees was conducting.
Later on, when he made his first network radio appearance, Thiebaud discovered Voorhees again conducting the orchestra.
DuPont is pleased to bring these two young stars together again this evening.
And Conrad Thiebaud's first song in our program of Irving Berlin music is a hit you doubtless remember, Lady of the Evening.
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Three of the most popular waltzes ever written, Irving Berlin waltzes, what'll I do all alone and remember?
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A high spot of the musical success faced the music was Irving Berlin's melodic song, Soft Life and Sweet Music.
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