The France I Knew

Compilation of music used to accompany Rosie Newman's amateur film 'The France I Knew', GB, 1938

TRACK 1 Nous Nous Retrouverons (We May Meet Again) Waltz and Chorus act 2 ('Faust' - Gounod) Marcel Journet - bass. Cesar Vezzani - tenor and Marthe Coiffier - soprano and the Chorus of the Paris Opera Orchestra conducted by Henri Busser. TRACK 2 Pony (Pixner) Barnabas von Geczy and his Orchestra. TRACK 3 Sylvia Ballet - procession of Bacchus (Delibes) Symphony Orchestra conducted by John Barbirolli. TRACK 4 Les Cloches de Corneville - Valse (Planquette) Orchestre Jazz - Musette Pierrot. TRACK 5 La Seine (J Lafarge - R Manod) Jacqueline Francois (Grand Prix du Disque 1948) et Paul Durand avec son Orchestre. TRACK 6 Artists Life - waltz (Strauss) Marek Weber and his Orchestra. TRACK 7 Karelia Suite op. 11 - alla marcia (Sibelius) London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Walter Goehr. TRACK 8 Weather effects - sound effects 1. thunder storm 2. sea effects 3. running brook 4. water lapping against boat. TRACK 9 In the Shadows (Finck) Tom Jones and his Orchestra (recorded at The Grand Hotel, Eastbourne). TRACK 10 The Whistler and his Dog (Pryor) Reginald Foort at the BBC Theatre Organ. TRACK 11 The Frolicsome Hare (H Ainsworth Hope) Leslie Jeffries and his Orchestra at The Grand Hotel, Eastbourne. TRACK 12 Old Waltzes - selection, selection part 2, Mammoth Fair Organ. TRACK 13 Champagne Gallop (HC Lumbye) Grand Symphony Orchestra. TRACK 14 Madrigale (A Simonetti) New Mayfair String Orchestra conducted by George Walker. TRACK 15 Ave Maria ('Lorelei' Mendelssohn Bartholdy) Berlin Philharmonic Choir with Orch. cond. by Prof. Siegfried Ochs - soloist Ursula van Diemen. TRACK 16 Sandler Serenades - part 2 introducing Second Serenade (Hykens:Serenade Toselli) Serenade - les Millions d'Arlequin (Drigo) Albert Sandler and his Orchestra. TRACK 17 Song of Paradise. TRACK 18 The Golden Bird (musical accompaniment 'The Birds and the Brook' - actual canary solo). TRACK 19 March Slave op 31 - part 1 (Tchaikovsky) Boston Promenade Orchestra conducted by Athur Fielder. TRACK 20 Aldershot Command Searchlight Tattoo 1934 - Marital Moments (excerpts) Massed Bands of Aldershot Command. TRACK 21 Marche Lorraine (Ganne) The Band of HM Coldstream Guards conductor Lieutenant RG Evans. TRACK 22 Le Regiment de Sambre et Meuse - march (Rauski) Regimental Band of HM Grenadier Guards conducted by Lt Col George Miller. TRACK 23 La Madelon - Marche en Defile (paroles de L. Bousquet - musique de C Robert ) Musique de la Guard Republicaine sous la direction de M Pierre Dupont, couplet und refrain chantes par M Gastand (baryton) de l'Opera-Comique. TRACK 24 Alsace - Lorraine (ben tayoux et chassaigne arrt. De Marcoux) Musique de 5eme Regiment d'Infanterie sous la direction de M J de Barat. TRACK 25 Bugle calls - sound effects 1 fanfare 2 reveille 3 rouse 4 cookhouse 5 last post. TRACK 26 Machinery Noises (Printing Press). TRACK 27 Le Defile National (La Marseellaise, Le Chant Du Depart, Le Chant Des Girondins, La Charge, Harmonise Et Arrange Par G Balay Musique De La Garde Republicaine Sous La Direction De M Pierre Dupont. TRACK 28 (Reverse of record no 1) Ne Permettrez vous pas (High Born and Lovely). TRACK 29 (Reverse of record no 2) Ragamuffin (Rixner). TRACK 30 (Reverse of record no 3) Sylvia Ballet - Pizzicato (Delibes). TRACK 31 (Reverse of record no 4) La Fille De Madame Angot - Valse (Ch Lecoq). TRACK 32 (Reverse of record no 5) Si Tu Partais. TRACK 33 (Reverse of record no 6) Danube Waves - Waltz. TRACK 34 (Reverse of record no 7) Karelia Suite op. 11 - Intermezzo. TRACK 35 (Reverse of record no 8) weather effects - sound effects 1. Wind. 2. Howling wind and sea. 3. Rain and wind. TRACK 36 (Reverse of record no 9) Fairy Tale (Heykens arr. S ffoulkes). TRACK 37 (Reverse of record no 10) Teddy Bear's Picnic (Bratton). TRACK 38 (Reverse of record no 11) Dance Of The Icicles (From Suite "The Wooing Of The Snowflakes" Kennedy Russel). TRACK 39 (Reverse of record no 12) Old Waltzes - Selection Part 1. TRACK 40 (Reverse of record no 13) Champagne Bubbles - Waltz Intermezzo (Kochman - Schmidt). TRACK 41 (Reverse of record no 14) Minuet (Boccherini arr. Goehr). TRACK 42 (Reverse of record no 15) Laudate Dominum (Mozart). TRACK 43 (Reverse of record no 16) Sandler Serenades - Part 1 Introducing Frasquita Serenade (Lehar) Serenade (Schubert) First Serenade (Heykens). TRACK 44 (Reverse of record no 17) Fairy Tale. TRACK 45 (Reverse of record no 18) The Golden Bird (Musical Accomp - 'The Canary' Polka - Poleakin - Actual Canary Solo). TRACK 46 (Reverse of record no 19) March Slav - Op 31 - Conclusion. TRACK 47 (Reverse of record no 20) Aldershot Command Searchlight Tattoo 1934 intro "Pack Up Your Troubles", 'Mademoiselle from Armentieres', 'It's A Long Way To Tipperary', 'Soldiers Of The King', 'Keep The Home Fires Burning' - Massed Bands Of Aldershot Command. TRACK 48 (Reverse of record no 21) El Capitan March (Sousa). TRACK 49 (Reverse of record no 22) Semper Fidelis - March (J P Sousa). TRACK 50 (Reverse of record no 23) Une page d'histroire l'armistice de la Grande Guerre (texte de M Scapini Depute de Paris President de l'association des Aveugies de Guerre) texte dit par M R Alexandre Societaire de la Comedie-Francais suivi de la Sonniere "Cessex le Feu" par M Sellier clarion de l’armistice. TRACK 51 (Reverse of record no 24) Salut Au 85eme (Fernand Petit). TRACK 52 (Reverse of record no 25) Sirens and Horns 1. Works siren 2 Klaxon horn 3 Electric horn 4 Taxi horn 5 Taxi horn 6 Steamboat siren - intermittent 7 Steamboat siren – continuous. TRACK 53 (Reverse of record no 26) 1 crowd at races 2 angry crowd at races TRACK 54 (Reverse of record no 27) Defile de la Garde Republicaine (Wettege).