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: