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1993-08-28
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'Lida Rose'
'Lida Rose' from Sheldon Harnick's "The Music Man" is one of my all
time favorites. It combines the infectious sound of a Barbershop
Quartet with the 'shuffle two-step' so common of Broadway during that
age. (1950-1965)
It was difficult to combine the proper instruments to get the right
sound of the male voices so I settled on harmonica, viola, english
horn and cello. For the female lead I used a violin. I don't know how
to improve this, but since it was arranged for General MIDI (GM) you
can play around with it until you like it.
What you'll hear here is the quartet (The Buffalo Bills) singing "Lida
Rose, I'm home again Rose...", then Marion joining in for a short
solo, "Dream of now, dream of then...". They are shortly combined into
the finished piece.
I tired to keep the orchestration in the background, but you may want
to play with the volume and velocities of it on your own.
.jmg.