(ABC Primetime, 1969)
[This was the second of several talk and variety shows hosted
by the genial witty intellectual comedian from Nebraska, who
was a devoted fan and friend of Groucho Marx in his later
years, and a friend of Woody Allen from his early career;
This was a summer show which was tried after Cavett left the
morning airwaves (his previous show was aka: "This Morning");
This was a prelude to his longer talk-variety format show which
began as a mid-season December replacement in ABC's Fall Season]
Composer: Jonathan Charles (ASCAP)
1978 Publisher: Krunch Music, Inc. (ASCAP)
2001 Publisher: Krunch Music, Inc. (ASCAP)
Copyright Date:
Renewal Date:
Recordings:
[above is the title as listed in the ASCAP database; variations:
aka: "Overture To Candide";
aka: "Overture";
aka: "Candide Overture";
this is an Overture to what is described in copyright
records as "Candide -- a comic operetta based on
Voltaire's satire"; The overture is part of a 1955 score
originally filed under the name: "Music for 'Candide'";
This is thought to be the THEME for the summer show as well
although its use has not been positively confirmed;
However, this lively piece definitely was a THEME
for Cavett's last two shows -- the long-running one on
PBS and a short-lived revival in 1986 on ABC, which see;
Although only Leonard Bernstein is listed in the filing
for copyright below, ASCAP also lists a number of others
in its database as credited composers of the Overture; but
these people in reality were involved in writing lyrics, or
the book or other aspects of the stage musical production]
Composers: Leonard Bernstein (ASCAP),
John Latouche (ASCAP),
Dorothy Parker (ASCAP), and
Richard Wilbur (ASCAP)
1978 Publisher: Anderson Enterprises, Inc. (ASCAP), and
G. Schirmer, Inc. (ASCAP)
2001 Publisher: Boosey and Hawkes, Inc. (ASCAP)
of New York, NY; and
The Leonard Bernstein Music
Publishing Company, LLC (ASCAP)
c/o Universal-MCA Music Publishing Group
of Los Angeles, CA
[as "Music for 'Candide'"]:
Copyright Date: Feb. 23, 1955; EU 390 831.
[as "Music for 'Candide'"]:
Renewal Date: March 7, 1983; RE-162-154.
Recordings: