Cavalcade of America (historical anthology)
(NBC Primetime, 1952 - 1953;
ABC Primetime, 1953 - 1957)
[aka: "Dupont Cavalcade of America" (1955 - 1956);
aka: "Dupont Cavalcade Theater" (1956 - 1957);
aka: "Cavalcade Theater";
aka: "Dupont Theatre";
This anthology series sponsored by the Dupont Chemical company
ran on CBS radio first between 1935 - 1939; and then ran on both
NBC Blue and NBC Red (ABC) radio networks from 1940 - 1953]
Opening Theme 1: "Glory of America - Arch, from the Structural Music library, Vol. 20, No. 485"
[Theme verified with composer's score and recordings;
Laszlo's THEMEs were used on the first (NBC) version of
the TV series, and on the last season of the radio series;
And another cue by Laszlo was used to introduce the first
scene of each episode, which he recycled as "Glorification
Arch" in his "Structural Music" library -- see Theme #2
below]
Composer: Alexander Laszlo (ASCAP)
Original Publisher: Guild Music, Inc. (ASCAP)
1998 Publisher: Regents of the University of California,
o/b/o Alexander Publications, Inc. (ASCAP)
[as "Structural Music, Vol. 20"]:
Copyright Date: Dec. 6, 1952; Ep 67 189.
Renewal Date:
Closing Theme 1: "Glory of America - Dome, from the Structural Music library, Vol. 20, No. 486"
[Theme verified with composer's score and logs.]
Composer: Alexander Laszlo (ASCAP)
Original Publisher: Guild Music, Inc. (ASCAP)
1998 Publisher: Regents of the University of California,
o/b/o Alexander Publications, Inc. (ASCAP)
[as "Structural Music, Vol. 20"]:
Copyright Date: Dec. 6, 1952; Ep 67 189.
Renewal Date:
Sub-Theme 2 (first scene opener): "Glorification Arch, from the Structural Music library, Vol. 20, No. 487"
[Theme verified with composer's score and logs.]
Composer: Alexander Laszlo (ASCAP)
Original Publisher: Guild Music, Inc. (ASCAP)
1998 Publisher: Regents of the University of California,
o/b/o Alexander Publications, Inc. (ASCAP)
[as "Structural Music, Vol. 20"]:
Copyright Date: Dec. 6, 1952; Ep 67 189.
Renewal Date:
Opening Theme 3: "Dupont T V Opening"
[no publisher listed, just composer]
Composer: Herman Stein (ASCAP)
1978 Publisher: [no publisher listed, just composer] (ASCAP)
1998 Publisher: [notation: non-ASCAP publisher]
Copyright Date: [not found in copyright records]
Renewal Date:
Closing Theme 4: "Closing Theme to Dupont Theatre ('Beautiful World')"
[no listing found in ASCAP or BMI]
Composer: Robert Russell Bennett (ASCAP)
Original Publisher: Chappell and Co., Inc. (ASCAP)
1998 Publisher: [no listing found in ASCAP or BMI]
[copyright info courtesy T. Perrone]:
Copyright Date: September 20, 1961; Eu 688 172.
Renewal Date: