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Title: The Cavalcade of America: "Songs that Inspire the Nation"
Description: Music by Howard Levey's orchestra with the Cavalcade. Program depicts the famous works of Stephen Foster ("Oh! Susannah"), Daniel Decatur Emmett ("Dixie") John Philip Sousa ("Stars and Stripes Forever"). Irving Berlin ("Alexander's Ragtime Band") and Carrie Jacobs-Bond ("A Perfect Day")
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Foster, Stephen Collins, 1826-1864; Emmett, Daniel Decatur, 1815-1904; Sousa, John Philip, 1854-1932; Berlin, Irving, 1888-1989; Jacobs-Bond, Carrie, 1862-1946
Local Identifier: program_no:22
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101588

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "The American Balladmaker, Stephen Foster"
Description: Narrated by Thomas Chalmers. Basil Ruysdael, anncr. Music by Donald Voorhees and the Cavalcade Orchestra. Program traces the life of America's greatest composer before the Civil War, his birth on the 4th of July, his first composition, "Oh Susannah", his marriage, other songs, his foolishness in business affairs, alcoholism, death in New York. With Bill Adams, Karl Swenson.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Foster, Stephen Collins, 1826-1864
Local Identifier: program_no:148
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101646

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "The Melodies of Stephen Foster"
Description: Narrated by Channing Pollack. Basil Ruysdael, anncr. Produced by Homer Fickett. Orchestra directed by Donald Voorhees. Chorus directed by Ken Christie. A musical portraiture of Fosteriana--with highlights from Foster's life. Music includes "Swannee River", "Beautiful Dreamer", "Jeannie With Light Brown Hair", "Ring De Banjo", "Oh Susannah", "My Old Kentucky Home", "Camptown Races", "Old Black Joe".
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Foster, Stephen Collins, 1826-1864
Local Identifier: program_no:182
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101678

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