MUSIC IN MY HEART

Composer: Franz Steininger (based on Peter Illitch Tchaikowsky)
Lyricist: Forman Brown

Opened: October 2, 1947, Adelphi Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 124

Note: This show was revived in 1950 under the title THE LADY FROM PARIS. I have not attempted to compile discological information for the underlying Tchaikowsky compositions.

The Balalaika Serenade (based on Tchaikovsky's "June barcarolle" and "Romance"):

1. 78/Columbia 55040 (Jean Handzlik and Chorus with orchestra conducted by Franz Steininger)


Song Of The Troika:

1. 78/Columbia 55040 (Martha Wright, Charles Fredericks, and Chorus with orchestra conducted by Franz Steininger)
2. 45/Capitol F2318 (June Hutton and The Boys Next Door with The Stordahl Orchestra conducted by Axel Stordahl) (as "Song Of The Sleigh Bells") [reissued on Holiday Legends: I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm, CD/EMI-Capitol Special Markets 3315]

While There's A Song To Sing:

1. 78/Columbia 55040 (Martha Wright, Charles Fredericks, and Chorus with orchestra conducted by Franz Steininger)
A radio transcription peformed by George Wright, organ, is also known to exist.


Unrecorded Material:

The Ballerina's Story
Beauty And The Beast (ballet)
Danse Arabe
Finale
Flower Waltz
Gossip
I Am Enchanted (Finale [Act I])
Love Is A Game For Soldiers
Love Is The Sovereign Of My Heart
Love Song
Natuscha
No! No! No!
Once Upon A Time
Song Of The Claque
Stolen Kisses
Three's A Crowd
Trepak
Unrequited Love, Or The Storm (ballet)