[78-L] William Tell

[David Lennick]

Steven C. Barr wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Julian Vein" <julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk>
>> DAVID BURNHAM wrote:
>>> Steven C. Barr wrote:
>>>> The "storm" segment of the William Tell piece is one of those works 
>>>> which
>>>> has pretty
>>>> well become a cliche...when I was a child, my dad had a 16mm movie 
>>>> projector
>>>> and
>>>> a very few commercial films, One was a Mighty Mouse cartoon which 
>>>> depicted a
>>>> storm at sea...and used Rossini's piece as background!
>>> I just heard it thirty seconds ago..with lyrics..in a commercial for Dove 
>>> Men's
>>> cosmetics.
>>> dl
>>>
>>> I can't imagine the storm segment of the WTO with lyrics, do you not mean 
>>> the finale?
>>> I have a 78 somewhere with words to the finale of the overture called, 
>>> "Now that we're in Love", (I think it's sung by Barbara Ruick).
>>> db
>> Here's the lyric to the main theme:
>>      Julian Vein
>>
> I recall having heard/read a while ago that the easiest way to identify a 
> true lover of
> classical music is this: he/she/it can hear the finale of William Tell 
> WITHOUT thinking
> of the Lone Ranger...?!
> 
> Steven C. Barr 
> 

It took me many years but I finally found a copy of the actual recording used 
originally as the Lone Ranger theme, before the producers had all the cues 
recorded in Mexico in the late 30s (Graham Newton will correct me if I'm wrong 
on the date). Victor Symphony Orchestra conducted by Rosario Bourdon, Victor 
20607. Pryor's Band, that version you can find everywhere..ditto Toscanini's. 
The Bourdon seemed to be a hard one for some reason although it was still in 
the 1940 catalog.

dl