GLENN MILLER

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  Big band

  Begin the Beguine: discovering origin and meaning

  During a Pacific cruise from Calabai to Fiji in 1935, the celebrated American composer and songwriter Cole Porter...
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  Trombone

  Moonlight Serenade got its name to contrast the sun

  Glenn Miller, American big band leader, composer, and trombonist, is considered the primary musical symbol of the World...
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  SONGWRITER

  There were no bluebirds over the White Cliffs of Dover

  (There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover is an iconic song composed in 1941 by the American songwriting... 4 comments
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  ORCHESTRA

  Defining Gershwin rhapsody was conceived on a train trip

  Rhapsody in Blue is one of the most performed of all American concert pieces, and its opening clarinet glissando is the...