Monday, March 7, 2022

clxxxvii. MUSIC MAN, THE (soundtrack): Iowa Stubborn

clxxxvii. MUSIC MAN, THE (soundtrack)

Iowa Stubborn (1957)
(1:59)


from The Music Man.


Meredith Willson (1902-1984) -- perhaps Iowa's most famous resident -- was a very fine flautist (played under both Sousa and Toscanini!) ...

He worked in radio, composed two symphonies and scored Chaplin's The Great Dictator (1940), among other things, before writing this most famous of Broadway scores ...

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Iowa Stubborn shows Willson's great skill with part-writing as well as his very clever way with lyrics:





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