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Re: Programme Notes

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Subject: Re: Programme Notes
From: Michael Solms <misolms@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 1997 17:16:45 -0500 (EST)
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On Wed, 29 Oct 1997 Brassyjohn@xxxxxxx wrote:

> Could any of the list members help,
> 
> My band are playing "A Nightingale Sang in Berkley Square" in an
> entertainment
> contest, and I would like to know who wrote the piece, and when.
> Does anyone also know who first sang the song.
> 
> Hope someone can help 
> 
> Regards,
> John Boax
> 
Pretty tune, isn't it?  I have seen the authorship attributed three
different ways:
Eric Maschwitz/Manning Sherwin/Jack Strachey
Eric Maschwitz/Manning Sherwin
Eric Maschwitz with Manning Sherwin and Jack Strachey

Maschwitz gets first billing in all instances.  The song was composed for
a 1940 revue "Strange Faces."  I don't know who gave the initial
performance.  

I don't have any biographical information on Sherwin or Strachey but
Maschwitz was born in Birmingham, England in 1901 and died in 1969.  Along
with a large number of songs, perhaps his best known is "These Foolish
Things (Remind Me of You)," Maschwitz also wrote a number of screenplays
and a couple books.  He wrote "Nightingale" while serving in the
Intelligence Corps during WWII.

I hope this is of some help.

Regards,
Mike Solms
EEflat Bass
Scioto Valley Brass Band

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