1949
“TREASURY BANDSTAND: MUSICAL AMERICANA” – and individual programs (part 1)
January 18 – December 25, 1949
Unless otherwise noted the broadcasts are in the Treasury Bandstand series with the Columbia Concert Orchestra.
The list is assembled from scripts found in the Music Division of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, which also holds recordings of many of these broadcasts.
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| Jan. 18 | Hanson, Howard | Theme: Romantic | |
| Guion, Jean | Arkansas Traveller | ||
| Gottschalk, Louis Moreau | The Banjo | ||
| Herbert, Victor | Indian Summer | ||
| Grofé, Ferde | On the Trail | ||
| MacDowell, Edward | To a Water Lily | ||
| Anderson, Leroy | Fiddle Faddle | ||
| Gould, Morton | Pavane | ||
| Still, William Grant | Scherzo from the Afro-American Symphony | ||
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| Jan. 25 | Hanson, Howard | Theme: Romantic | |
| Maganini, Quinto | Joe Bowers and the Days of ’49 | ||
| Cadman, Charles Wakefield | a) From the Land of the Sky-Blue Water b) Far off I hear a Lover’s Flute (from Indian Love Lyric Suite) |
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| Herbert, Victor | Dagger Dance from Natoma | ||
| Scott, Raymond | Toy Trumpet | ||
| Hall, John T. | Wedding of the Winds Waltz | ||
| Gould, Morton | American Sketches
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| Feb. 1 | Hanson, Howard | Theme: Romantic | |
| De Filippi, Amadeo | Raftsman’s Dance | Composed for the American School of the Air; based on 2 Ohio river songs: “Raftsman Jim” and “Going Up the River” | |
| Harrington, Clark | Faun Call | ||
| Skilton, Charles Sanford | Deer and War Dances | ||
| Rose, David | Holiday for Strings | ||
| Grofé, Ferde | Mississippi Suite: A Tone Journey
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| Feb. 8 | Hanson, Howard | Theme: Romantic | |
| MacDowell, Edward | In October, from Suite, Op. 42 | ||
| White, Paul | Idyl | ||
| Dett, R. Nathaniel | Juba Dance from In the Bottoms Suite | ||
| Guion, Jean | The Harmonica Player | ||
| Hadley, Henry | Red Rose (Ballet of the Flowers) | ||
| Cadman, Charles Wakefield | American Suite (Full Orchestral verion)
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| Feb. 15 | Hanson, Howard | Theme: Romantic | |
| James, Philip | Brennan on the Moor | ||
| Lanier, Sidney | Dance of the Mosquitos | ||
| White, Clarence Cameron | Bandanna Sketches
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| MacDowell, Edward | To a Wild Rose | ||
| Logan, Fredrick Knight | Missouri Waltz | ||
| Anderson, Leroy | Jazz Pizzicato | ||
| Sanders, Robert L. | Saturday Night (Barn Dance) | ||
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| Mar. 1 | Hanson, Howard | Theme: Romantic | |
| Smith, Julia | Liza Jane | ||
| MacDowell, Edward | From a Log Cabin | ||
| Burleigh, Cecil | Barn Dance | ||
| Grainger, Percy | Spoon River | ||
| Gershwin, George | Suite from Porgy and Bess | ||
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| Mar. 8 | Hanson, Howard | Theme: Romantic | |
| Brant, Henry | A Fisherman’s Overture | ||
| Bloom, Rube | Song o the Bayou | ||
| Howard, John Tasker | Moses from an Old Manse | ||
| Harris, Roy | Cowboy Songs | ||
| Rodgers, Richard | Oklahoma! (excerpts) | ||
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| Mar. 15 | Hanson, Howard | Theme: Romantic | |
| Converse, Frederick | Haul Away Joe | ||
| MacDowell, Edward | Br’er Rabbit (from “Fireside Tales”) | ||
| Earl, Mary | Beautiful Ohio Waltz | ||
| Copland, Aaron | Hoe Down (from Rodeo) | ||
| Pryor, Arthur | Whistler and his Dog | ||
| Hadley, Henry | October Twilight | ||
| Guion, Jean | Sheep and Goats | ||
| McBride, Robert | Fugato on a Well Known Tune | ||
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| Mar. 22 | Hanson, Howard | Theme: Romantic | |
| Herbert, Victor | March of the Toys (from Babes in Toyland) | ||
| Herbert, Victor | Habanera (from Natoma) | ||
| Herbert, Victor | Air de Ballet Badinage |
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| Cowell, Henry | Reel | ||
| Griffes, Charles | Two Indian Sketches | ||
| Middleton, Robert | Down South | ||
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| Mar. 29 | Hanson, Howard | Theme: Romantic | |
| Wilson, Mortimer | Overture 1849 | ||
| Foster, Stephen C. | Tioga Waltz | ||
| Foster, Stephen C. | Village Festival | ||
| Ellington, Duke | Sophisticated Lady | ||
| Kern, Jerome | “Show Boat” medley | ||
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| Apr. 5 | Hanson, Howard | Theme: Romantic | |
| Semmler, Alexander | Times Square Overture | ||
| Grisselle, Thomas | Two American Sketches | ||
| Lieurance, Thurlow | By the Waters of the Minnetonka | ||
| De Koven, Reginald | “Robin Hood” medley | ||
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| Apr. 19 | Hanson, Howard | Theme: Romantic | |
| Edward, Hans | Music for a Puppet Show
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| Sorrentino, Charles | Scherzo Pizzicato | ||
| Gardner, Samuel | From a Canebrake | ||
| Moore, Douglas | Village Music
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| Hadley, Henry | Sipapu Indian Dance | ||
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| Apr. 26 | Hanson, Howard | Theme: Romantic | |
| Gould, Morton | American Salute | ||
| Spialek, Hans | Silvery Night (Nocture for Flute) | Julius baker, flute | |
| Humel, Gerald | American Ideology | Scholastic prize-winning composition | |
| Smith, Andrew W., Jr. | Graduation March | Scholastic prize-winning composition | |
| Ives, Charles | The Indians | ||
| Bergsma, William | Paul Bunyan
Stars and Stripes
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| July 4 | Individual program | ||
| Evans, George | In the Good Old Summertime | theme | |
| Grofé, Ferd | Mardi Gras (from Mississippi) | ||
| Ellington, Duke (arranged by Morton Gould) |
Sophisticated Lady | ||
| Guion, Jean | Arkansas Traveller | ||
| Strauss, Johann | Voices of Spring (Frühlingsstimmen) | ||
| Rose, David | Holiday for Strings | ||
| Burleigh, Cecil | Barn Dance | ||
| Rodgers, Richard | Medley from Allegro | ||
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| Dec. 25 | COLUMBIA CONCERT ORCHESTRA SERENADE OF CAROLS Dec. 25, 1949 | Individual program | |
| Humperdinck, Engelbert | Waltz from Hansel and Gretel | theme | |
| Samuel-Rousseau, Marcel | Nol Berrichon suite | ||
| Gould, Morton | Serenade of Carols | ||