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Glenn Miller
This category is for all questions about the life and music of Glenn Miller (1904-1944), who is considered to be the most popular musician of the Big Band era.
229 Questions
What is the Henry Mancini tune written for the Glenn Miller Story?
Henry Mancini wrote the movie's theme song, "Too Little Time".
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What what the name of the band of glenn miller?
Most big bands were named for their leaders so his was simply "The Glenn Miller Orchestra".
What was the name of Glenn Millers original clarinet player?
The 1937 band's clarinettist was Irving Prestopnik, who went by the name Fazola (while that sounds fictional, it's quite true - see George T. Simon's history of the band!)
When Miller reorganized the band in 1938, he hired Wilbur Schwartz whose broad tone was crucial to the famed reed blend now called The Miller Sound. Schwartz remained with the band until Miller broke it up in 1942.
The AAF Band featured Michael "Peanuts" Hucko on clarinet.
Did Glenn Miller have a theme song?
During the 1930s and 40s ALL big bands had a theme song, and in some cases more than one. Glenn Miller's theme was his own composition, the iconic Moonlight Serenade. Along with In the Mood, it's probably one of the most recognizable songs of the Big Band Era and even today causes people to stop what they're doing so they can listen to it.
The song had started out as a composition exercise when he was a student, and went through various titles and sets of lyrics. At one time it was called Gone with the Dawn, and almost was released as Now I Lay Me Down to Weep until RCA deemed that too depressing for a band's theme. The name Moonlight Serenade was almost a last-minute decision. The song was on the A-side of a record that also featured Glenn's version of the Frankie Carle theme Sunrise Serenade, and someone suggested "what's the flip side of sunrise?"
During the recording ban when ASCAP compositions couldn't be played, Glenn used the tune Slumber Song as his theme. Eventually that was sometimes as his closing theme, and Moonlight Serenade was used for the opening of a concert or radio show.
While nearly all performances of Moonlight Serenade have stayed close to the original Miller sound, Glenn had prepared a new version with strings and French horns to be used by his post-war band, the one that of course never came to be. There are two recordings available, one on a transcription by the original Army Air Force Band from 1944, and another performance re-created by the USAF Airmen of Note in 1998.
WHAT INSTRUMENTS IN THE MOOD BY GLENN MILLER PLAY SOLO?
In one section, the two tenor saxophones take turns soloing, and later there's a trumpet solo.
Did Glenn Miller play Take the A Train?
He broadcast an arrangement by Bill Finegan that was much slower and very different from the way Duke Ellington performed the tune as his theme song. However Miller never recorded the song commercially.
Did Glenn Miller sing in the war?
He wasn't a singer. He played trombone and conducted. During the war he led the Army Air Forces Orchestra, which had about 1000 different songs in the bandbook. You can use a search engine to find many of the tunes simply by querying "Army Air Force Band", with the quotation marks.
Songs to look for include Begin the Beguine, Sun Valley Jump, Speak Low, A Lovely Way to Spend and Evening, Tail-end Charlie, Enlisted Mens' Mess, Going Home, Mission to Moscow, My Ideal, Long Ago and Far Away, In the Mood, just to name a few out of hundreds.
Did Glenn Miller ever record a song called Says Who Says You Says I?
According to John Flower's discography the band recorded "Says Who? Says You, Says I!" on September 3, 1941 in RCA's New York studios. The discography indicates that they never performed the tune publicly, however.
How much is Glenn Millers original Flute and Clarinet worth?
He played the trombone, not the clarinet, and in the 1940s flutes weren't yet part of most dance bands.
Where can I get the full sheet music to glenn millers 'In The Mood?
Try contacting Maureen DeStefano via the orchestra's official website, www.glennmillerorchestra.com
How did Glen Miller road in Trenton get its name?
just north of Trenton ont. is the town of glen miller. it is situated in a glen and is believed to be named after a guy named Alexander miller who was a mill builder who retired there in the late 19th century.
What song did Glenn Miller arrange for his wife because it was her favorite?
That story is entirely made-up.
The 1954 biopic The Glenn Miller Story included a fictional sub-plot about Helen liking the tune Little Brown Jug while Miller supposedly disliked it. The movie ended with him having relented just before his death in 1944, and making an arrangement of the song for her. In reality he liked the song a lot and it was one of the band's first big sellers in 1939.
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Have any of the surviving Glenn Miller orchestra members been interviewed recently?
Yes, Dr. Norman Leyden, one of the chief arrangers for the AAF Band, was interviewed at the 2013 Glenn Miller Festival in Clarinda Iowa.
