Before the Rainbow : The Original Music of Oz [Cast Recording] [Soundtrack]

Editorial Reviews
Album Description
Rebuilding the Lost Oz Before Judy Garland sang Over the Rainbow, Oz had inspired over 200 songs. This CD provides an overview of the rich early musical legacy of Oz. Most of the original music of Oz is associated with Baums stage works: The Wizard of Oz (1902), The Woggle-Bug (1905), and The Tik-Tok Man of Oz (1913). In the absence of published vocal scores, music was gathered in the form of published songs, piano or orchestral medley arrangements, and manuscripts. For the Wizard suite, I drew upon Tietjens own manuscript indications and a 1902 orchestral selection by Hilding Anderson, who would later orchestrate for Gershwin shows. The Tik-Tok Man selection is a 1913 orchestral arrangement by J. Bodewalt Lampe, who, like Gottschalk, was a pioneering film composer. From these scores, it was a matter of laying down the parts track by track; fortunately, advances in digital sampling synthesis have allowed me to record this music within a reasonable budget without sounding like Switched-on-Baum. The scores and parts are available for performance. The Cowardly Lions share of this collaboration was done before David and I met, through hours of on-line conversation. The audience for The Wizard of Oz in 1902 largely arrived in horse drawn carriages to see the first stage show in history with electrically controlled lighting. For this project to have been coordinated through the internet and realized digitally is a wonder worthy of Baums imagination.

Tracks:

The Wizard of Oz Opening Pantomime (Paul Tietjens)
The Wizard of Oz Phantom Patrol (Paul Tietjens)
The Wizard of Oz Waltz & Grand March (Paul Tietjens)
The Wizard of Oz Finale Act I (Paul Tietjens)
The Woggle-bug Selection (Frederic Chapin)
Down Among the Marshes (L. Frank Baum)
The Tik-Tok Man of Oz (Louis F. Gottschalk)
The Maid of Arran (L. Frank Baum)
Prelude/Ojo's Theme - Patchwork Girl of Oz (Gottschalk)
Dr. Pipt/Jesseva & Danx - Patchwork Girl of Oz (Gottschalk)
The Patchwork Girl Theme (Gottschalk)
Munchkin Waltz - Patchwork Girl of Oz (Gottscahlk)
Soldier with the Green Whiskers - Patchwork Girl of Oz (Gottschalk)
The Woozy - Patchwork Girl of Oz (Gottschalk)
The Hoppers - Patchwork Girl of Oz (Gottschalk)
The Tottenhots - Patchwork Girl of Oz (Gottschalk)
Horners/Lonesome Zoop - Patchwork Girl of Oz (Gottschalk)
The Dark Well - Patchwork Girl of Oz (Gottschalk)
Royal March - Patchwork Girl of Oz (Gottschalk)

Album Description

Rebuilding the Lost Oz Before Judy Garland sang Over the Rainbow, Oz had inspired over 200 songs. This CD provides an overview of the rich early musical legacy of Oz. Most of the original music of Oz is associated with Baums stage works: The Wizard of Oz (1902), The Woggle-Bug (1905), and The Tik-Tok Man of Oz (1913). In the absence of published vocal scores, music was gathered in the form of published songs, piano or orchestral medley arrangements, and manuscripts. For the Wizard suite, I drew upon Tietjens own manuscript indications and a 1902 orchestral selection by Hilding Anderson, who would later orchestrate for Gershwin shows. The Tik-Tok Man selection is a 1913 orchestral arrangement by J. Bodewalt Lampe, who, like Gottschalk, was a pioneering film composer. From these scores, it was a matter of laying down the parts track by track; fortunately, advances in digital sampling synthesis have allowed me to record this music within a reasonable budget without sounding like Switched-on-Baum. The scores and parts are available for performance. The Cowardly Lions share of this collaboration was done before David and I met, through hours of on-line conversation. The audience for The Wizard of Oz in 1902 largely arrived in horse drawn carriages to see the first stage show in history with electrically controlled lighting. For this project to have been coordinated through the internet and realized digitally is a wonder worthy of Baums imagination.

Customer Reviews:

Wonderful Restorations.......2006-06-04

James Doyle does a wonderful job restoring and re-creating these early scores which would otherwise be lost to time. You should also check out his recording "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz - Toronto Cast Recording", a completely new musical production which is extremely faithful to Baum's original book.

What?.......2000-07-20

Can someone PLEASE help me? I love the story of The Wizard of Oz. I'm sure this is a great CD, but does it have any words or is it just music. If some one can help me I would be vary thankful!

Excellent, historical, entertaining.......2000-01-01

The Hungry Tiger CD _Before the Rainbow_ is excellent and I recommend it highly. I might (or might not) have preferred "period instruments" to the synthesizer, but then it would have cost too much to produce and we'd be without anything. My roommate/landlady said the final grand march from Patchwork Girl sounded like "roller skating music." But that was intended as a compliment. No Oz fan can live without this recording.

Before the Rainbow: The Original Music of Oz

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Before the Rainbow: The Original Music of Oz

Manufacturer: Hungry Tiger
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Classical | Styles | Music

Musical Theater | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000001302
Release Date: 1999-01-01

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