Elisabethan Serenade (Ronald Binge)

  1. Martin Jonas
    Martin Jonas
    It occurs to me that it's better to start a new thread on this, as Eddie's original thread was titled "Recognize this anyone?", which doesn't lend itself to ever being found in the big index listing.

    Eddie posted the following tune, asking for an identification:



    John Kelly identified it as "Elizabethan Serenade" by Ronald Binge, a 1951 piece originally written for and recorded by the Mantovani Orchestra and used as theme music for various radio and TV shows.

    As we play this piece in our ensemble, I have dug out our own version and have recorded a solo rendition of the first mandolin part:



    The sheet music is here:

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    Martin
  2. Eddie Sheehy
    Excellent Martin.
  3. Martin Jonas
    Martin Jonas
    Following up my somewhat crude solo mandolin version in this earlier thread, I have now recorded this piece in the quartet arrangement from our group repertoire folder -- I think this arrangement is by Tony Judge.

    1915 Luigi Embergher mandolin (x2)
    Mid-Missouri M-111 octave mandolin
    Ozark tenor guitar



    Martin
  4. Frithjof
    Frithjof
    charming and majestic
  5. Martin Jonas
    Martin Jonas
    An update on this one: my 2015 version is a bit slow. Here is a new one, reduced from our quartet arrangement to only the first mandolin and guitar parts (I'm playing the guitar bass line on mandocello).

    Ronald Binge (1910-1979): Elizabethan Serenade

    1898 Giuseppe Vinaccia mandolin
    Vintage Viaten tenor guitar
    Suzuki MC-815 mandocello


    https://youtu.be/BhXxlOfW5rY

    Martin
  6. Jess L.
    Jess L.
    Sounds nice, Martin!
  7. John Kelly
    John Kelly
    Fine delivery of a memorable tune, Martin.
  8. Martin Jonas
    Martin Jonas
    Thanks, John and Jess. Fun tune!

    Martin
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