Music Page
This area includes playable music files from records produced at concerts and in studio settings. The collection results from the generosity of contributors and includes restoration work by Bill Howe. Click links below for recordings, record labels, and albums. Featured selections in bold indicate strong performances, outstanding solos, or historical interest. Click here for the Silver Anniversary Concert and the Linden Center Children's Chorus records and music files.
For a full list of records and songs recorded by the Inland Children's Chorus, click on the following image.|
Recordings by Title|| [ A-D | E-I | J-O | P-S | T-Z ]
Click on the title (or year) to play selection. Dates with "c" are approximate and abbreviations in parentheses indicate record label.
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Adonoi (Naumbourg) ~ Recorded 1954 (RCA)
Adoration of the Magi (Rózsa) from Ben Hur ~ Recorded 1964 (BLU)
A La Nanita Nana (Celi) ~ Recorded 1966 (BLK)
Alice Blue Gown (Tierney) ~ Recorded c1945 (WBS)
America, Our Heritage (Steele) ~ Recorded 1959 (G33)
Angels We Have Heard on High (trad. French) ~ Recorded 1960 (Special)
April Showers (Silvers) ~ Recorded 1956 (G33)
Are You Sleeping? (arr. by Wright) ~ Recorded 1960 (SAL)
Ave Maria (Abt) ~ Recorded 1960 (Special)
Ave Verum (Mozart) ~ Recorded 1961 (BLU)
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Blue Bird of Happiness (Harmati) ~ Recorded 1966 (BLK)
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Christmas Roundelay (Marryott) ~ Recorded 1962 (BLU)
Cradle Song (Brahms) ~ Recorded 1959 (G33)
Cruising Down the River (Beadell-Tollerton) ~ Recorded 1962 (BLU)
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Danny Boy (Weatherly) ~ Recorded 1960 (SAL)
Deck the Halls (Welsh Carol) ~ Recorded 1960 (Special)
Deep in My Heart (Romberg) ~ Recorded c1946 (WNG)
Ding Dong Merrily on High (16th-Century French) ~ Recorded 1962 (BLU)
Do Re Mi (Rodgers) ~ Recorded 1961 (BLU)
Easter Parade (Berlin) ~ Recorded 1957 (G33)
The Echo Song (di Lasso) ~ Recorded 1960 (Special)
Emitte Spiritum (Schuetky) ~ Recorded 1954 (RCA)
Evening Prayer (Humperdinck) with march off stage ~ Recorded 1960 (Special) ~ Sheet Music
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The First Noel (Traditional) ~ Recorded 1957 (G33)
Funiculi, Funicula (Denza) ~ Recorded 1957 (G33)
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Gay Ninety Medley (Selected) ~ Recorded 1957 (G33)
Gesu Bambino (Yon) ~ Recorded 1966 (BLK)
Gloria from "Twelfth Mass" (Mozart) ~ Recorded c1947 (WNG) - 1960 (Special)
Glory to God in the Highest (Pergolesi) ~ Recorded 1940 (WBS)
GM Commercial (Auto Medley) ~ Recorded c1957 ~ Label-Notes
Grandfather's Holiday Favorites (Selections) ~ Recorded 1964 (BLU)
The Green Cathedral (Hahn) ~ Recorded c1947 (WNG)
The Happy Wanderer (Moeller) ~ Recorded 1961 (BLU)
Home Bound Rangers (Slavic Folk Song arr. by Wilson) ~ Recorded 1957 (G33)
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I Believe (Drake, Graham, Shirl, Stillman) ~ Recorded 1965 (BLK)
I Feel Pretty (Bernstein) ~ Recorded 1963 (BLU)
I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover (Woods) & California Here I Come (Jolson) ~ Recorded 1963 (BLU)
Irish Lullaby ("Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral") (Shannon) ~ Recorded c1945 (WBS)
It's a Big Wide Wonderful World (Rox) ~ Recorded 1958 (GMA)
It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas (Willson) ~ Recorded 1960 (Special)
Jingle Bells (Pierpont) ~ Recorded 1965 (BLK)
Just A Wearyin' for You (Jacobs-Bond) ~ Recorded 1959 (G33)
The King and I (Rodgers) selections ~ Recorded 1957 (G33)
Kyrie Eleison (Dieterich) ~ Recorded 1960 (SAL)
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Let There Be Song (Klemm) ~ Recorded 1966 (BLK)
Let's Dance: Paraphrase of Chop Sticks (Hayworth) ~ Recorded 1953 (WNG)
Little David, Play on Your Harp (Hogan) ~ Recorded 1961 (BLU)
The Little Drummer Boy (Davis) ~ Recorded 1962 (BLU)
The Lord's Prayer (Malotte) ~ Recorded c1945 (WBS)
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March on Stage (Unknown) ~ Recorded 1960 (Special)
Mr. Frog, A Courtin' He Did Ride (Appalachian Folk Song arr. by Gearhart) ~ Recorded 1951 (WNG)
Moon River (Mancini) ~ Recorded 1962 (BLU)
Musetta's Waltz from La Bohème (Puccini) ~ Recorded 1965 (BLK)
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O'Brien Welcome (Silver Anniversary Concert) ~ Recorded 1960 (Special)
O Christmas Tree (O Tannenbaum) (German Carol) ~ Recorded 1964 (BLU)
O Come All Ye Faithful (Wade's "Cantus Diversi") ~ Recorded 1960 (Special)
O Come, Little Children (17th Century German) ~ Recorded 1963 (BLU)
O Divine Redeemer (Gounod) ~ Recorded 1954 (RCA)
O Holy Night (Adam) ~ Recorded 1961 (BLU)
Oh! What a Beautiful Morning (Rodgers) ~ Recorded 1951 (WNG)
Oklahoma (Rodgers) ~ Recorded 1964 (BLU)
O Little Town of Bethlehem (Redner) ~ Recorded 1940 (WBS)
Over the Rainbow (Arlen) ~ Recorded c1947 (WNG)
Panis Angelicus (Franck) ~ Recorded 1959 (G33)
Pilgrim's Chorus from Tannhäuser (Wagner) ~ Recorded 1966 (BLK)
Popule Meus (Victoria) ~ Recorded 1954 (RCA)
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Romance (Romberg) ~ Recorded c1948 (WNG)
The Rose (Huron Indian Carol arr. by Cross-Wilson) ~ Recorded 1963 (BLU)
Saint Nicolas (Britten) ~ Recorded 1953 (large files): Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4 ~ Labels-Notes
See the U.S.A. in Your Chevrolet (Corday-Carr) ~ Recorded 1958 (GMA)
Shrimp Boats (Howard-Weston) ~ Recorded 1952 (WNG)
Silent Night (Gruber) with narration by Deems Taylor ~ Recorded 1940 (WBS)
Silent Night (Gruber) ~ Recorded 1960 (Special) - 1962 (BLU) - 1966 (BLK)
Sleep, Holy Babe (Matthews) ~ Recorded 1963 (BLU)
Song of Love (Romberg) ~ Recorded c1945 (WBS)
The Sound of Music (Rodgers) ~ Recorded 1962 (BLU)
A Spoonful of Sugar (Sherman) ~ Recorded 1966 (BLK)
Stardust (Carmichael) ~ Recorded c1946 (WNG)
The Star-Spangled Banner (Key) ~ Recorded 1960 (Special)
The Story of Bethlehem (1940) with Paul Allison: Side #1 - #2 - #3 - #4 - #5 - #6 ~ WLW Radio Script
The Story of Bethlehem (1954) with J. D. O'Brien: Side #1 - #2 - #3 - #4 - #5 - #6
Stouthearted Men (Romberg) ~ Recorded c1947 (WNG)
Surry with the Fringe on Top (Rodgers) ~ Recorded 1959 (G33)
Tales from Vienna Woods (Strauss) ~ Recorded c1946 (WNG)
Thirty-Two Feet and Eight Little Tails (Redmond, Cavanaugh, Weldon) ~ Recorded 1959 (G33) - 1964 (BLU)
This is My Country (Jacobs-Raye) ~ Recorded 1959 (G33)
This Old Man ("The Children's Marching Song") (trad. arr. by Simeone) ~ Recorded 1960 (SAL)
Till There Was You (Willson) ~ Recorded 1960 (SAL)
Toyland (Herbert) ~ Recorded c1948 (WNG)
'Twas the Night Before Christmas (Darby-Simeone) ~ Recorded 1957 (G33)
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Valse Triste (Sibelius) ~ Recorded c1946 (WNG)
V'shom'ru (Federlein) ~ Recorded 1959 (G33)
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Wanderers (Track) ~ Recorded 1966 (BLK)
Were You There (trad. arr. by Wilson) ~ Recorded 1958 (GMA)
What You Gonna Call Your Pretty Little Baby? (trad. Spiritual) ~ Recorded 1965 (BLK)
When Children Pray (Fenner) ~ Recorded 1961 (BLU)
When the Red Red Robin (Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along) (Woods) ~ Recorded 1953 (WNG)
While By My Sheep (trad. arr. by Jüngst) ~ Recorded 1960 (Special)
Winter Wonderland (Bernard) ~ Recorded 1959 (G33)
Wonderful Copenhagen (Loesser) ~ Recorded 1958 (GMA)
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Zing Zing, Zoom Zoom (Romberg) ~ Recorded 1951 (WNG)
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Record Labels
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Record Labels
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World Broadcasting (WBS) |
WING (WNG) |
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Green 33 RPM (G33) |
GM 50th Anniversary (GMA) |
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Blue Label (BLU) |
Black Label (BLK) |
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Silver Anniversary Concert: Click this link to view a rare set of acetate records of the 25th anniversary concert on December 13, 1960. Selections from this live-in-concert recording appear in the alphabetical list below (Special), but click on the following links to play the full records (large files): Side 1 - Side 2 - Side 3 - Side 4. Donated by Nicholas A. Hussong from the collection of his aunt, Marcella Sprauer, who was the secretary to long-time Inland General Manager John D. O'Brien.
Albums and Records
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Silver Anniversary Concert: Click this link to view a rare set of acetate records of the 25th anniversary concert on December 13, 1960. Selections from this live-in-concert recording appear in the alphabetical list below (Special), but click on the following links to play the full records (large files): Side 1 - Side 2 - Side 3 - Side 4. Donated by Nicholas A. Hussong from the collection of his aunt, Marcella Sprauer, who was the secretary to long-time Inland General Manager John D. O'Brien.
Albums and Records
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| Gift Album with Photo |
Album and Cover Letter | Mailer and White Album |
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| 1961 Album and Record |
1962 Album and Record |
1963 Album and Record |
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1965 Album and Record |
1966 Album and Record |
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Linden Center Chorus: Click here to view two records by the Linden Center Children's Chorus, sponsored briefly by Inland as noted in a May 1946 review. The Dayton Annual Report of 1941 describes the Linden Center and the Chorus's appearance with Paul Robeson (flyer). Listen to rare recordings of the chorus. Record 1:oWere You There (trad. arr. by Bowers) and Panis Angelicus (Franck). Record 2:o'Twas the Night Before Christmas (Darby-Simeone) and Little Jesus Was Born in a Manger (Bowers)