VERA VIOLETTA



Composer: Edmund Eysler
Lyricist: Harold Atteridge

Opened: November 20, 1911, Winter Garden Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 112

Note: This show included a second act musical “Idyll” with music and lyrics by Manuel Klein called UNDINE.



(There Are) 57 Ways To Win A Man:

1. CYL/Edison D-23 (Stella Mayhew)


Alexander’s Ragtime Band (M/L: Irving Berlin) (not in programs; originally used in HELL portion of FOLIES BERGERE COMPANY (1911), and also used in FRIARS FROLIC OF 1911, THE MERRY WHIRL, and HULLO, RAG-TIME!):

I have not attempted to compile discographical information for this Berlin standard beyond original cast member and composer performances.
1. 78/Columbia A-1160 (Melville Ellis, piano)
2. Irving Sings Berlin, CD/Koch 3-7510-2 HI (Irving Berlin)
3. You Made Me Love You, Decca (SE) DL 79034 (Al Jolson and Bing Crosby with orchestra directed by Morris Stoloff) [also 78/Decca 40038; reissued on The Best Of The Decca Years, CD/Decca MCAD-10505] 


The Gaby Glide (M: Louis A. Hirsch; L: Harry Pilcer) (subsequently used in THE WHIRL OF SOCIETY, HULLO, RAG-TIME!, THE LITTLE PARISIENNE, and GOING UP):

1. 78/Columbia A 1149 (Prince’s Orchestra)
2. 78/Victor 17077 (Billy Murray with orchestra)
3. 78/Columbia 2100 (Jack Manning with orchestral accompaniment)
4 . Wurlitzer Style “U” Photoplayer, CAS/Carousel Music (William E. Black and Allan L. Stafford, band organs)
5. Crumb, CD/Rykodisc 10322 (David Boeddinghaus, piano, and Craig Ventresco, guitar)
6. Let It Shine, CD/Stomp Off SOSCD 1377 (Terry Waldo)


In The Shadows (M: Herman Finck; L: E. Ray Goetz) (not in programs):

1. 78/Columbia A-1160 (Melville Ellis, piano) [reissued on Music From The New York Stage Vol. 2: 1908-1913, CD/Pearl GEMM CDS 9053-5]
2. 78/Parolophone F 1363 (Victor Silvester’s Harmony Music)
3. 78/Victor 17009 (Helen Clark and Walter Van Brunt with orchestra)
4. 78/Victor 16978 (Victor Orchestra)
5. The Picnic Party, CD/Chandos FBCD2003 (Palm Court Theatre Orchestra conducted by Anthony Godwin)
6. British Light Music Classics Series, CD/Hyperion CDS 442614 (New London Orchestra conducted by Ronald Corp)
7. The Golden Age Of Light Music: British Cinema And Theatre Orchestras, Vol. 2, CD/Guild Light Music 5122 (Paramount Theatre Orchestra conducted by Anton with Al Bollington, organ)
8. Moonstruck, CD/Flyback FBCD 2005 (Marilyn Hill Smith with the Southern Festival Orchestra conducted by Robin White)
9. Titanic: Music As Heard On The Fateful Voyage, CD/Rhino 72821 (Ian Whitcomb & The White Star Orchestra)


Magic Fire Scene (M: Richard Wagner) (not in programs; originally used in DIE WALKURE):

I have not attempted to compile discographical information for this number beyond original cast member performances.
1. 78/Columbia A-1160 (Melville Ellis, piano)


My Lou (subsequently used in THE WHIRL OF SOCIETY):

1. CYL/Edison 4M-995 (Stella Mayhew and Billie Taylor) [reissued on Music From The New York Stage Vol. 2: 1908-1913, CD/Pearl GEMM CDS 9053-5]


Olga From The Volga:

An unverified radio transcription performed by Bill Kaylor with the Lawrence Welk Orchestra is known to exist.


Rum Tum Tiddle (M: Jean Schwartz; L: Edward Madden) (subsequently used in THE PASSING SHOW OF 1912):

1. 78/Victor 17037 (Al Jolson) [reissued on Music From The New York Stage Vol. 2: 1908-1913, CD/Pearl GEMM CDS 9053-5]
2. 78/Columbia A 1147 (Arthur Collins with orchestra)
3. 78/Zonophone 5853 (Billy Murray with orchestra) [reissued on Comic Songs By Billy Murray & Co. Vol. 4 - The Ragtime Era, CAS/Vintage Music Productions]


That Haunting Melody (M/L: George M. Cohan) (subsequently used in THE PASSING SHOW OF 1912):

1. 78/Victor 17037 (Al Jolson) [reissued on Music From The New York Stage Vol. 2: 1908-1913, CD/Pearl GEMM CDS 9053-5]
2. George M. Cohan: You’re A Grand Old Flag, CD/New World Records 80685-2 (Bernadette Boerckel with The Paragon Ragtime Orchestra directed by Rick Benjamin)



Unrecorded Material:

Angelique From The Opera Comique (M: Louis A. Hirsch; L: Melville Gideon)
The Cafe Man (added after opening)
Come And Dance (With Me) (M: Louis A. Hirsch; L: Melville Gideon)
Come Back To Me
Finale (Act 1)
I Want Something New To Play With (added after opening; also added to the subsequent tour of THE WHIRL OF SOCIETY)
I Wonder If It’s True
I’ve Heard That Before (M: Louis A. Hirsch; L: Melville Gideon)
Opening Chorus
Paree, Gay Paree
Vera Violetta
When You Hear Love’s Hello (M: Louis A. Hirsch; L: Harold Atteridge; E. Ray Goetz) (ASCAP/Library of Congress Only)