Bennett, Robert Russell. (1894–1981). "The Song of the High Seas" - Autograph Musical Quotation. Autograph musical quotation signed by the most important orchestrator in Broadway history, arranger for Jerome Kern, Richard Rodgers, and George Gershwin, and himself a notable composer. Bennett has penned two measures from the theme of "The Song of the High Seas," one of the pieces he arranged from themes by Richard Rodgers for the 1952–3 documentary television series Victory at Sea. Some light toning; overall very fine. 3.75 x 3.75 inches (9.8 x 9.8 cm).
Robert Russell Bennett, best-known for his orchestrations of Broadway classics such as Showboat, Oklahoma, Girl Crazy, Anything Goes, Annie Get Your Gun and South Pacific, was also a prolific composer of orchestral and concert band works, many on American themes. Manuscript material is very uncommon on the market.
Victory at Sea was a documentary television series about warfare in general during World War II, and naval warfare in particular, as well as the use of industry in warfare. It was originally broadcast by NBC in the United States in 1952–1953, and condensed into a film released in 1954. Excerpts from the music soundtrack, by Richard Rodgers and Robert Russell Bennett, were re-recorded for record albums. Robert Russell Bennett did the orchestrating, transforming Rodgers's themes for a variety of moods, and composing much more original material than Rodgers, as may be observed in Bennett's holograph scores, archived with his papers at Northwestern University and microfilmed at the Library of Congress. Bennett nonetheless received credit only for arranging the score and conducting NBC Symphony Orchestra members on the soundtrack recording sessions, and many writers still refer erroneously to "Rodgers's thirteen-hour score."
Bennett, Robert Russell. (1894–1981). "The Song of the High Seas" - Autograph Musical Quotation. Autograph musical quotation signed by the most important orchestrator in Broadway history, arranger for Jerome Kern, Richard Rodgers, and George Gershwin, and himself a notable composer. Bennett has penned two measures from the theme of "The Song of the High Seas," one of the pieces he arranged from themes by Richard Rodgers for the 1952–3 documentary television series Victory at Sea. Some light toning; overall very fine. 3.75 x 3.75 inches (9.8 x 9.8 cm).
Robert Russell Bennett, best-known for his orchestrations of Broadway classics such as Showboat, Oklahoma, Girl Crazy, Anything Goes, Annie Get Your Gun and South Pacific, was also a prolific composer of orchestral and concert band works, many on American themes. Manuscript material is very uncommon on the market.
Victory at Sea was a documentary television series about warfare in general during World War II, and naval warfare in particular, as well as the use of industry in warfare. It was originally broadcast by NBC in the United States in 1952–1953, and condensed into a film released in 1954. Excerpts from the music soundtrack, by Richard Rodgers and Robert Russell Bennett, were re-recorded for record albums. Robert Russell Bennett did the orchestrating, transforming Rodgers's themes for a variety of moods, and composing much more original material than Rodgers, as may be observed in Bennett's holograph scores, archived with his papers at Northwestern University and microfilmed at the Library of Congress. Bennett nonetheless received credit only for arranging the score and conducting NBC Symphony Orchestra members on the soundtrack recording sessions, and many writers still refer erroneously to "Rodgers's thirteen-hour score."