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HensTooth Discs Authentic Musical Box Arrangements

© 2007 Jack Perron Associates (617664201621) (format: CD-R)

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Authentic Musical Box Arrangements (created by Jack Perron, who created the Music Box adaptations for Bjork's Vespertine Album) from our World-Famous Catalog of nearly 300 Thorens/Reuge-Compatible Music Box Metal Discs. 3-CD Set.

tracks

1 Dance of the Snowflakes (Nutcracker)
2 March (Nutcracker)
3 Chinese Dance (Nutcracker)
4 Modern Major General
5 He Is An Englishman
6 Policeman's Lot
7 Angels We Have Heard On
8 Once in Royal David's City
9 Bring a Torch, Jeannette Isabella
10 Ding Dong Merrily on High
11 While Shepherds Watched Their Flock
12 Deck the Halls
13 Hark The Herald Angels Sing
14 Hallelujah Chorus
15 Greensleeves
16 Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
17 Fur Elise
18 Masterpiece Theater Theme
19 O Mio Babino Caro
20 Liebestraum
21 Habanera
22 Silvery Moon
23 Over the Waves
24 Beautiful Dreamer
25 Amazing Grace
26 In the Garden
27 Holy Holy Holy
28 I Love to Tell the Story
29 What a Friend We Have in Jesus
30 Nearer My God to Thee
31 Romanza (Mozart)
32 Quartet in F (Haydn)
33 Sonata in C (Mozart)
34 Roses from the South
35 Lorelei
36 Danube Waves
37 O Christmas Tree
38 Old Folks At Home/Swanee River
39 La Traviata Brindist
40 Safe In The Arms Of Jesus
41 The Funny Boys - Ragtime
42 Frere Jacques
43 Ring Around A Rosy
44 Mary Had A Little Lamb
45 Brahms Lullaby
46 Old King Cole
47 First Noel
48 Rockabye Baby
49 Tales Of The Vienna Woods
50 Adeste Fidelis
51 O Little Town Of Bethlehem
52 Merry Farmer
53 Blue Danube
54 In An 18th Century Drawing Room
55 Faust Chorus
56 Sleep Baby Sleep
57 Hush My Baby
58 There's No Place Like Home
59 Partridge In A Pear Tree
60 Nessun Dorma
61 Allegro, Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (Mozart)
62 Menuetto, Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (Mozart)
63 Air in E flat major, The Chelsea Notebook (1764, age 8) (Mozart)
64 Rondino in D major, Chelsea (Mozart)
65 Minuet in G major, Chelsea (Mozart)
66 Little March in G major, Chelsea (Mozart)
67 Little Minuet in E flat major, Chelsea (Mozart)
68 Contradance in G major (Mozart)
69 Ah! Vous dirai-je, Maman (Twinkle Twinkle Little Star variations
70 Menuett con Duport in d minor, KV 573 (Mozart)
71 Menuetto, Symphony no. 39 in E flat major, KV 543 (Mozart)
72 Andante grazioso, Piano Sonata no. 11 in A major, KV 331 (Mozart
73 Rondeau, Piano Concerto no. 13 in C major, KV 415 (Mozart)
74 Romance, Piano Concerto no. 20 in d minor, KV 466 (Mozart)
75 Rondeau, Violin Concerto no. 2 in D major, KV 211 (Mozart)
76 Rondeau, Violin Concerto no. 3 in G major, KV 216 (Mozart)
77 Rondeau, Violin Concerto no. 5 in A major, KV 219 (Mozart)
78 Wearing of the Green
79 Rondo - Kegelstatt 498
80 Rondeau kv 376 (Mozart)
81 Song: Die groBmuthige GeleBenheit (Mozart)
82 Song: Die Zufriedenheit (Mozart)
83 Rondo Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (Mozart)
84 Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms
85 On Moonlight Bay
86 I Can't Help Falling in Love With You (Plaisirs D'Amour)
87 Rondo kv 191 (Mozart)
88 Rondo kv 313 (Mozart)
89 Menuetto kv 581 (Mozart)
90 Wiegenlied, KV 350 (1780)
91 Lied der Freiheit, KV 506 (1786)
92 Des kleinen Freidrich's Geburtstag, KV 529 (1787)
93 All People That on Earth Do Dwell
94 Jesus Loves Me
95 Leaning on the Everlasting Arms
96 Are You Washed in The Blood
97 The Tie That Binds
98 Christ the Lord is Risen Today
99 Rock of Ages
100 Church in The Wildwood
101 Old Rugged Cross
102 Just As I Am
103 Precious Memories
104 Hard Times Come Again No More
105 Oh Susanna
106 De Camptown Races
107 My Old Kentucky Home
108 I Dream of Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair
109 Dolcy Jones
110 The Glendy Burk
111 Gentle Annie
112 Danny Boy (Part 1)
113 Danny Boy (Part 2)
114 Slane, Be Thou My Vision
115 Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral
116 All Through the Night
117 When Irish Eyes Are Smiling
118 Cockles & Mussels
119 Lady's Looking Glass (Haydn)
120 Good Old SummerTime
121 Sidewalks of New York
122 Skater's Waltz
123 Ta-Ra-Ra
124 My Wild Irish Rose
125 My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean
126 Red River Valley
127 Yellow Rose of Texas
128 When You and I Were Young, Maggie
129 Down in the Valley
130 Shenandoah
131 Home Sweet Home
132 Redwing
133 Sweet Bye And Bye
134 Joy to the World
135 Away in a Manger
136 Dixie
137 Yankee Doodle Dandy
138 Hornpipe Water Music
139 Canon in D Pachelbel
140 Queen of Sheba
141 Trumpet Voluntary Clarke
142 Wedding March Mendelssohn
143 Jingle Bells
144 Clair De Lune
145 Ode To Joy
146 Te Deum Charpentier
147 Rejouissance Handel Fireworks
148 Spring - Vivaldi
149 Allegro Trumpet Suite in D Handel
150 Asturias (Hymn of My Province)
151 Sleepers Awake (Wachet Auf) Bach
152 Aida March Verdi
153 Pineapple Rag Joplin
154 Sheep May Safely Graze - Bach
155 Sonatina in G Pt. 1 Beethoven
156 Sonatina in G Pt. 2 Beethoven
157 Come Ever-Smiling Liberty - Handel
158 Ridente La Calma - Mozart
159 The Ash Grove
160 Auld Lang Syne
161 Barbara Allen
162 Battle Hymn of the Republic
163 Bonnie Charlie
164 Bonnie Dundee
165 Clementine
166 Coming Thru The Rye
167 Gentle Maiden
168 God Save The Queen
169 Girl I Left Behind Me
170 In Dulci Jubilo
171 Banks of Loch Lomond
172 Marching Thru Georgia
173 Britannia Part 1
174 Britannia Part 2
175 When Johnny Comes Marching Home
176 Artist's Life Waltz
177 Emperor Waltz
178 I Love You Truly
179 O Lord I Am Not Worthy
180 Let Me Call You Sweetheart
181 Schubert's Serenade
182 Mendelssohn's Spring Song
183 Morning Has Broken
184 Go Tell It On The Mountain
185 The Old Grey Mare
186 Home On The Range
187 Swan Lake
188 Play A Simple Melody
189 Bicycle Built For Two
190 Dance of The Happy Spirits - Orpheus and Euridice
191 He Shall Feed His Flock - Handel
192 La Ci Darem La Mano (Don Giovani)
193 Alouette
194 Waltzing Matilda
195 When the Saints Go Marching In
196 Long Long Ago
197 Scotland The Brave
198 The Entertainer
199 Take Me Out to the Ball Game
200 Breeze From Alabama
201 Easy Winners
202 Dill Pickles
203 Elite Syncopations
204 Fig Leaf Rag
205 Kismet Rag
206 Magnetic Rag
207 Scott Joplin's New Rag
208 Wildwood Flower
209 Grandfather's Clock
210 In His Hands
211 Harmonious Blacksmith Handel
212 Harmonious Blacksmith var.1 Handel
213 Alle Jahre Wieder
214 Am Weihnachtsbaum
215 Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes
216 In An English Country Garden
217 Eventide
218 Frohliche Weihnacht
219 I Saw Three Ships
220 Itsy Bitsy Spider
221 Kling Glockchen
222 La Donna
223 Minuet in F Mozart
224 Minuet in G (Anna Magdalena) Bach
225 O Du Frohliche
226 Old French Song
227 Skye Boat Song
228 Can Can Pt. 1
229 Can Can Pt. 2
230 Liberty Bell March
231 This Old Man
232 Haydn XIX32 Mechanical Clock
233 Haydn XIX28 Mechanical Clock
234 Haydn XIX26 Mechanical Clock
235 Haydn XIX25 Mechanical Clock
236 Haydn XIX24 Mechanical Clock
237 Haydn XIX23 Mechanical Clock
238 Haydn XIX20 Mechanical Clock
239 Haydn XIX19 Mechanical Clock
240 Haydn XIX18 Mechanical Clock
241 Amaryllis (Air de Louis XIII)
242 A-Roving
243 Blow Ye Winds Heigh Ho
244 A British Tar (H.M.S. Pinafore)
245 When Britain Really Ruled (Iolanthe)
246 There Lived A King
247 K-K-K-Katy
248 In The Shade Of The Old Apple Tree
249 Courante from Terpsichore
250 Ballet from Terpsichore
251 Sweet Nightingale
252 Mary Had A Little Lamb variation
253 Narcissus
254 Over There
255 In The Shade Of The Old Apple Tree Waltz
255 Waltz Dream
255 Monastery Bells
255 O Sacred Heart, O Love Divine
255 O Gentle Presence
255 My Country 'Tis of Thee
255 You Made Me Love You
255 Moonlight Sonata
255 Miniature Piano Concert (Haydn)
255 18th Variation on a Theme of Paganini
255 Here We Come A-Caroling
255 We Wish You A Merry Christmas
255 Day Of Days
255 Star Splangled Banner
255 Little Drummer Boy
255 God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
255 How Great Thou Art
255 We Three Kings
255 Lord Of All
255 The Magic Flute
255 Skater's Waltz #2
255 Because (Guy d'Hardelot)
255 Die Moldau
255 Largo Winter Four Seasons
255 Oh Oh Antonio
255 Radetzky March (for Thorens 11)
255 Washington Post March (for Thorens 11)
255 Alexander's Ragtime Band (for Thorens 11)
255 The Thunderer (for Thorens 11)
255 American Patrol (for Thorens 11)
255 Rialto Ripples Rag (for Regina 15.5 Music Box)
255 Clayton's Grand March (for Regina 15.5 Music Box)
255 Plantxy Irwin (for Regina 15.5 Music Box)
255 La Bamba (for Regina 15.5 Music Box)
255 Suo Gan (for Regina 15.5 Music Box)

notes

Before the age of electronics, people relied upon mechanical musical instruments such as player pianos and cylinder or disc musical boxes for entertainment when they could not listen to live music. Music boxes enjoyed a brief period of popularity from approx. 1880 to 1920. Eventually, the phonograph and later all the modern electronic devices we know today replaced the music box.

Today, HensTooth Discs still manufactures metal discs for many antique Disc Musical Boxes. This 3 CD-R set is a catalog of authentic arrangements which we offer on 4.5 inch metal discs that can be played on 'AD30' model Thorens and Reuge disc musical boxes. (There are several selections for larger music boxes also included.) They are heard here as rendered by an accurate computer simulation. Each title is approximately 26 seconds long, which is the actual playing time of the Thorens/Reuge 4.5 inch movement.

Keep in mind that THESE ARRANGEMENTS ARE THE ACTUAL MUSICAL SCORES WE USE TO PUNCH OUR DISCS. Because of the inherent limitations of these mechanical devices, there are many ‘time-tested’ techniques which must be employed to create a usable piece of music. The result is a true ‘music box sounding’ composition.

Jack Perron is the founder and chief musical arranger for HensTooth discs. He has likely created more arrangements/compositions for actual music boxes than any other person, ever. In the past, arrangements of his have found their way into such places as The Phantom Manor (EuroDisney attraction), the homes of Tom T. Hall (Country Recording Artist) and Walt Disney, and were featured on Bjork's Grammy Nominated (2002) Album, 'Vespertine' (Frosti, Cocoon, Pagan Poetry). His version of 'Sweetheart of Sigma Chi' was heard in the 1981 movie 'Ghost Story', Fred Astaire's final film. Lately, Jack’s harmonization of 'Ablassen' was heard introducing CBS' "Sunday Morning".

Below you will find a brief ‘personal history’ written by Mr. Perron, and also a link to an interview concerning his collaboration with Icelandic singer Bjork.

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Personal History
Just about 30 years ago, having taken a leave of absence from Medical School, and while working as an itinerant musician traveling 'round New England playing traditional fiddle music, a friend asked me over dinner, 'What would you like to be doing, if you had completely free choice?' I answered without hesitation that I'd like to be putting traditional music onto music boxes.
I was surprised at my answer, as it had not occurred to me until that moment. At the time, I had very little knowledge of music boxes. To shorten the story, less than 24 hours later, I had a job arranging 'Lara's Theme' for a Porter Music Box Company 15.5" Regina disc.
Since then, I have been responsible for the music on several hundred discs of 'new music' sold by the Porter Music Box Company of Randolph Vermont, USA.
In the 1970's, and under special arrangement with Porter Music Box Company, I produced a series of discs consisting of traditional dance music, mostly from the British Isles, and representing a type of music that had very little chance of finding its way onto music box discs otherwise.

Today, I create new arrangements for my small company, HensTooth Discs™. The charm of a music box still enchants me. Mostly, I suppose that I feel a music box may best be heard in one’s private moments: it has an intimacy meant for an audience of one (or perhaps two?). Yet, there is a certain purity, an innocence, to the sound. You might want to listen to these CDs as you go to sleep (as a child might), for it may be in that quiet time that its unique feeling is best received.

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Link to interview on collaboration with Bjork:
http://www.bjork.fr/Jack-Perron-interview.html

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  • author: bernard curran

    just beautiful

  • Wonderfully Nostalgic
    author: Debbra Piening

    These are lovely arrangements that bring back memories of a time long past that needs remembering. My only complaintiss that the pieces are so short: I want them to go on forever, especially the Christmas selections. Fine job!

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