At 4:44 AM -0500 2/1/10, dhbailey wrote:
Noel Stoutenburg wrote:
It should be noted, however, that the name of the ensemble fronted
by Glen Miller was the "Glen Miller Orchestra".
As was Duke Ellington's group.
The Ellington Band was called the Glen Miller Orchestra? How odd!
Actually the ensemble led by Glenn Miller was the Glenn Miller
Orchestra. (Two "n"s. That's just something you have to know, like
there being no "e" in Arron Copland.)
And Glenn didn't "front" the band (depending on your definition of
"front," of course). He led the band, organized and managed it, and
played as a soloist and as one of the guys, and from what I've read
was a pretty strict taskmaster. Lawrence Welk "fronted" a band!
John
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Virginia Tech Department of Music
College of Liberal Arts & Human Sciences
Blacksburg, Virginia, U.S.A. 24061-0240
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