MUSIC ON THE RADIO - 1950s (No.14)

* Light music composed and / or heard frequently in the 1950s, and beyond:
1. BBC TV News Theme (1954)
2. Leroy Anderson: “A Trumpeter’s Lullaby” (1949).
3. Frederick Curzon: “Dance Of An Ostracised Imp” (1940).
Leroy Anderson (1908-1975) was an American composer. Musician and conductor of Swedish background. He has been described as "one of the great American masters of light orchestral music”.
Frederic Curzon (1899-1973) was an English composer, conductor and organist, associated with the theatre, early cinema and light music. He sometimes wrote under the pen names Graham Collett and Harold Ramsay.
* Lichte muziek die in de jaren vijftig en daarna vaak werd gecomponeerd en/of gehoord:
1. BBC TV News-thema (1954)
2. Leroy Anderson: ‘Een slaapliedje voor de trompettist’ (1949).
3. Frederick Curzon: ‘Dans van een verstoten imp’ (1940).
* Unterhaltungsmusik, die in den 1950er Jahren und darüber hinaus häufig komponiert und/oder gehört wurde:
1. BBC TV News Theme (1954)
2. Leroy Anderson: „A Trumpeter’s Lullaby“ [Das Wiegenlied eines Trompeters] (1949).
3. Frederick Curzon: „Tanz eines geächteten Kobolds“ (1940).
* Musique légère composée et/ou entendue fréquemment dans les années 1950, et au-delà :
1. Thème des informations télévisées de la BBC (1954)
2. Leroy Anderson : « Une berceuse de trompettiste » (1949).
3. Frederick Curzon : « Danse d'un lutin ostracisé » (1940).
* Música ligera compuesta y/o escuchada con frecuencia en la década de 1950 y más allá:
1. Tema de noticias de televisión de la BBC (1954)
2. Leroy Anderson: “La canción de cuna de un trompetista” (1949).
3. Frederick Curzon: “Danza de un diablillo condenado al ostracismo” (1940).

[@bmoviefan100]

I haven't heard either of these tunes for such a long time and really enjoyed hearing them again.......also, the film footage reminded me of when my mother used to send me to the local greengrocer to buy the fruit and veg. Lovely memories of the 50s. 😊👍

[@wordsmith52]

Glad you enjoyed it! Took me back as well!😊

[@sightsounds9453]

The film shows the Soho area of London with its cosmopolitan life in the 1950s.

[@mariaclarke5026]

😊😊🎉🎉❤❤

[@IVORIESMAN]

Everyone looks so smartly dressed for every day activities and very few younger people about...or maybe they're just better attired, not a pair of jeans to be seen.

[@wordsmith52]

Yes, jacket and tie were the norm even for most "working men". There were a lot of French, Italians and a few other nationalities living in and around Soho in those days.