[78-L] Looking for record sleeve info:

[David Lennick]

I have the disc with a special white label, signed by both Griselle and Bloom, 
but I don't recall seeing the sleeve.

dl

estott at localnet.com wrote:
> While there is all this talk of record sleeves I have a request. In 
> 1928 Victor recorded two winners of an American Composition contest 
> (details copied below) I am given to undestand that the disc was issued 
> with a special sleeve with explanatory text. Does anyone out there have 
> a copy? It's for Victor 3600 "Two American Sketches" and "Song of the 
> Bayou"
> 
> Eric Stott
> 
> 
> "In 1928 In 1928 Nat Shilkret established a competition for the best 
> modern American composition. The grand prize of $10,000 was awarded to 
> a composer of enormous talent and no reputation, Thomas Griselle 
> (1891-1955). Griselle was Ohio-born and had studied at the Cincinnati 
> College of Music. After World War I he became a recording director at 
> the Gennett Studio in New York City, and later recorded piano duets for 
> Edison. Upon winning the prize, Griselle went to Europe and studied 
> with both Nadia Boulanger and Arnold Schönberg. The titles of his 
> works, such as "Cubist Foxtrot" and "Czerny Pilots a Flying Saucer" are 
> intriguing, but Griselle?s output has yet to be investigated by 
> scholars. The "Nocturne" movement of Griselle?s Two American Sketches 
> became a sort of underground standard in the Big Band era, and was 
> recorded by Artie Shaw and John Kirby among others.
> 
> The second prize of $5,000 was given to a much better known composer, 
> Rube Bloom (1902-1976). Completely self-taught in music, Bloom was 
> already established by 1928 through his popular novelty ragtime pieces 
> such as "Soliloquy" and "Spring Fever". He would later distinguish 
> himself in composing popular songs that have since become standards, 
> such as "Give Me the Simple Life" and "Fools Rush In" (written with 
> Johnny Mercer). Song of the Bayou is one of only a few pieces that 
> Bloom wrote with the concert hall in mind, the rest of his output being 
> in a purely popular vein."
> 
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