ZENDA
Composer: Vernon
Duke
Lyricist: Martin Charnin
Opened: August 5, 1963, San Francisco Civic Light Opera,
San Francisco, CA
Closed: November 16, 1963, Pasadena Civic Auditorium,
Pasadena, CA
Alive At Last (aka "Born At Last"):
1. Zenda, Blue Pear (M) BP
1007 (Ann Rogers with orchestra conducted by Pembroke Davenport)
[reissued as CD/Deja Vu 1020]
Alone At Night (L: Leonard Adelson):
1. Zenda, Blue Pear (M) BP
1007 (Anne Rogers and Carmen Matthews with orchestra conducted
by Pembroke Davenport) [reissued as CD/Deja Vu 1020]
Bounce:
1. Zenda, Blue Pear (M) BP
1007 (Alfred Drake and Girls with orchestra conducted by
Pembroke Davenport) [reissued as CD/Deja Vu 1020]
Enchanting Girls (L: Sid Kuller)
(part of "Command Performance" sequence; same music as
"Words, Words, Words!"):
1. Zenda, Blue Pear (M) BP
1007 (Alfred Drake and Girls with orchestra conducted by
Pembroke Davenport) [reissued as CD/Deja Vu 1020]
2. Madly In Love, CDr Demo (Robert Armin, Jay O. Sanders, and
Stuart Zagnit with musical direction by Sam Davis)
I Wonder What He Meant By That (L:
Leonard Adelson):
1. Zenda, Blue Pear (M) BP
1007 (Chita Rivera, Aldred Drake, and Chorus with orchestra
conducted by Pembroke Davenport) [reissued as CD/Deja Vu 1020]
Let Her Not Be Beautiful:
1. Zenda, Blue Pear (M)
BP 1007 (Alfred Drake with orchestra conducted by Pembroke
Davenport) [reissued as CD/Deja Vu 1020]
2. Zenda, Blue Pear (M) BP 1007 (Alfred Drake with orchestra
conducted by Pembroke Davenport) (reprise) [reissued as CD/Deja
Vu 1020]
3. Harold Arlen And Vernon Duke Revisited Vol. II, Painted
Smiles PS 1373 (Blossom Dearie) (as "Let Him Not Be Beautiful")
[reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-127]
4. Madly In Love, CDr Demo (Tia Spiros with musical direction by
Sam Davis) (as "Let Him Not Be Beautiful")
5. Madly In Love, CDr Demo (Tia Spiros with musical direction by
Sam Davis) (as "Let Him Not Be Beautiful") (reprise)
6. Lucky To Be Me: A Life In Music, CD/Stage Door STAGE
9062 (Alfred Drake) (live) [possibly the same as the Blue
Pear recording)
Love Is The Worst Possible Thing:
1. Zenda, Blue Pear (M) BP
1007 (Alfred Drake and Chita Rivera with orchestra conducted by
Pembroke Davenport) [reissued as CD/Deja Vu 1020]
The Man Loves Me:
1. Zenda, Blue Pear (M) BP
1007 (Chita Rivera and Peter Brandon with orchestra conducted by
Pembroke Davenport) [reissued as CD/Deja Vu 1020]
My Heart Has Come A-Tumbling Down:
1. Zenda, Blue Pear (M) BP
1007 (Anne Rogers with orchestra conducted by Pembroke
Davenport) [reissued as CD/Deja Vu 1020]
My Royal Majesty (L: Leonard Adelson;
Martin Charnin):
1. Zenda, Blue Pear (M) BP
1007 (Alfred Drake with orchestra conducted by Pembroke
Davenport) [reissued as CD/Deja Vu 1020]
No Ifs! No Ands! No Buts!:
1. Zenda, Blue Pear (M) BP
1007 (Alfred Drake with orchestra conducted by Pembroke
Davenport) [reissued as CD/Deja Vu 1020]
No More Love:
1. Zenda, Blue Pear (M) BP
1007 (Peter Brandon and Guests with orchestra conducted by
Pembroke Davenport) [reissued as CD/Deja Vu 1020]
Now The World Begins Again (L: Leonard
Adelson):
1. Zenda, Blue Pear (M) BP
1007 (Cathedral Chori with orchestra conducted by Pembroke
Davenport) [reissued as CD/Deja Vu 1020]
Overture:
1. Zenda, Blue Pear (M)
BP 1007 (orchestra conducted by Pembroke Davenport) [reissued as
CD/Deja Vu 1020]
A Royal Confession (L: Sid Kuller):
1. Zenda, Blue Pear (M) BP
1007 (Carmen Matthews with orchestra conducted by Pembroke
Davenport) [reissued as CD/Deja Vu 1020]
Words, Words, Words! (L: Sid Kuller)
(part of "Command Performance" sequence; same music as
"Enchanting Girls"):
1. Zenda, Blue Pear (M) BP
1007 (Alfred Drake with orchestra conducted by Pembroke
Davenport) [reissued as CD/Deja Vu 1020]
Yesterday's Forgotten:
1. Zenda, Blue Pear (M) BP
1007 (Anne Rogers and Alfred Drake with orchestra conducted by
Pembroke Davenport) [reissued as CD/Deja Vu 1020 (not separately
tracked but precedes "Let Her Not Be Beautiful")]
Zenda (L: Leonard Adleson):
1. Zenda, Blue Pear (M) BP
1007 (Anne Rogers and Alfred Drake with orchestra conducted by
Pembroke Davenport) [reissued as CD/Deja Vu 1020]
Unrecorded Material:
Announcement/Rehearsal
(inst.)
Artists (L: Sid Kuller) (cut prior to closing)
Athena (L: Unknown) (unused)
Athena's Dance (inst.)
A Bird That Never Learned To Fly (unused)
Breakfast For Two
Business Or Pleasure (unused)
Ceremony (ballet) (part of "Command Performance" sequence)
Charming Waltz (inst.)
Come To Me (unused)
Count The Stars (L: Leonard Adelson) (unused)
The Elusive Mr. Rassendyl (L: Leonard Adelson; Sid Kuller)
(unused)
Festive March (inst.)
Flavia (inst.)
For The Common Good Of Mankind (L: Unknown) (unused)
A Gift For Each Day Of The Week (L: Leonard Adelson) (unused)
A Gift Of Love (unused)
A Gift Of Time (L: Leonard Adelson) (unused)
Girls (L: Unknown) (unused)
Girls And Rassendyl (L: Unknown) (unused)
Happy Horns And Merry Bells (L: Leonard Adelson; Sid Kuller)
(unused)
He Wouldn't Dare (unused)
Hello!, Must Do A Show, Goodbye! (L: Leonard Adelson; Sid
Kuller) (unused)
Here And There (cut prior to closing)
I Won't Stand In Your Way (unused)
I'll Marry A Soldier (unused)
Introducing Mr. Rassendyl (inst.)
It Does Not (L: Leonard Adelson) (unused)
It's A Quaint Little Custom (L: Leonard Adelson) (unused)
Kings And Cabbages (unused)
Loveless You And Hateful Me (L: Sid Kuller) (unused)
Magic Music (inst.)
The Mazurka (inst.)
Montage Poster (inst.) (part of "Command Performance" sequence)
The Morning You Were Born (unused)
My Son In Law The King (L: Unknown) (unused)
National Anthem (unused)
Never Let Them Know What's Going On (L: Unknown) (unused)
The Night Is Filled With Wonderful Sounds
Old Friend (L: Leonard Adelson) (unused)
On My Own (L: Unknown) (unused)
One Night Ago (L: Unknown) (unused)
Organization (L: Leonard Adelson) (unused)
Our Usual Place (L: Unknown) (unused)
Patroness Of Art (L: Sid Kuller) (unused)
Pull A Rabbit Out Of The Hat (L: Leonard Adelson) (unused)
Queen Mother's Crossover (inst.)
Segue To Palace (inst.)
Sign On The Dotted Line (L: Leonard Adelson) (unused)
Something New (L: Leonard Adelson) (unused)
Thanks To Love (L: Leonard Adelson; Sid Kuller) (unused)
That Man Loves Me (L: Unknown) (unused)
That Was Then, Mr. Rassendyl (unused)
That's The Way It Goes (L: Unknown) (unused)
There Are Girls (L: Leonard Adelson) (unused)
There Is Nothing Like A Wedding (unused)
There's Nothing Wrong With Marriage (unused)
There's Room For Her (unused)
Too Beautiful Tonight (L: Unknown) (unused)
Tour De Force (L: Sid Kuller) (unused)
Train Music (inst.)
Trust In Me (L: Leonard Adelson) (unused)
Turlututu (L: Vernon Duke) (unused)
Verdi Duo (inst.)
Vernon Duccini (inst.)
Waltz Fantazy (inst.)
We (unused)
We Just Might (L: Leonard Adelson) (unused)
Wedding March (inst.)
What Does One Do? (unused)
When Athena Dances (inst.)
When You Stop And Think (unused)
A Whole Lot Of Happy (unused)
Why Not? (cut prior to closing)
The Wine Is Mine (L: Leonard Adelson) (unused)
You Are All That's Beautiful (L: Unknown) (unused)
You Took My Breath Away (L: Unknown) (unused)
You're Not At All Like You (unused)
You're Not Old Enough (L: Leonard Adelson) (unused)
Zarape (Antoinette's Dance) (inst.)
Note: It is not known at this time which, if any, of the
unrecorded instrumental numbers were used at some point during
the tryout.