THE LOVE SONG

Composer: Jacques Offenbach (adapted by Edward Kunneke)
Lyricist: Harry B. Smith

Opened: January 13, 1925, Century Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 157

He Writes A Song (Quartette):

1. 78/Victor 35757 (Victor Light Opera Company directed by Rosario Bourdon)


The Love Song (Will You Forget) (cut after opening):

1. 78/Victor 35757 (Victor Light Opera Company directed by Rosario Bourdon)
2. 78/Victor 19634 (The Troubadors directed by Hugo Frey)


Love Will Find You Some Day (M: Edward Kunneke) (added after opening):

1. 78/Columbia 50015-D (Columbia Light Opera Company) [reissued on Broadway Through The Gramophone Vol. IV: 1920-1929, CD/Pearl GEMS 0085)


(I Know It Is) Only A Dream:

1. 78/Columbia 50015-D (Columbia Light Opera Company) [reissued on Broadway Through The Gramophone Vol. IV: 1920-1929, CD/Pearl GEMS 0085)
2. 78/Victor 35757 (Victor Light Opera Company directed by Rosario Bourdon)


Remember Me (The Love Song) (M: Edward Kunneke):

1. 78/Columbia 50015-D (Columbia Light Opera Company) [reissued on Broadway Through The Gramophone Vol. IV: 1920-1929, CD/Pearl GEMS 0085)


Scene From LA BELLE HELENE Ballet:

I have not attempted to compile recordings of this Offenbach piece.


Yes Or No (added after opening):

1. 78/Columbia 50015-D (Columbia Light Opera Company) [reissued on Broadway Through The Gramophone Vol. IV: 1920-1929, CD/Pearl GEMS 0085)
2. 78/Victor 35757 (Victor Light Opera Company directed by Rosario Bourdon)


Unrecorded Material:

All Aboard For Paris
Barcarolle (ASCAP/Library of Congress only)
Entrance Of The Emperor And The Empress
Fair Land Of Dreaming (M: Edward Kunneke)
A Farmer’s Life
Finale Act I
Finale Act II
Finale Act III
Follow The Flag We Love (Zouave Chorus)
The Hall Of Fame Awaits Me (cut after opening)
Home From Algeria (Zouave Chorus) (added after opening)
In Gardens Where Roses Bloom (cut after opening)
Is It Love? (not in program)
Love Is Not For A Day
Make Up Your Mind (cut after opening)
March On (cut after opening)
Military Men I Love (ASCAP/Library of Congress only)
Not For A Year, Not For A Day (cut after opening)
Opening Act II
Spanish Dance
Take A Walk With Me (added after opening)
Tell Me Not That You Are Forgetting
Vintage Chorus (Opening Ensemble)
Violets
Violin Solo (added after opening)
When My Violin Is Calling
When The Drum Beat Calls To Glory (cut after opening)
When Your Life Seems A Rainy Day (cut after opening)
Your Country Needs You (ASCAP/Library only)