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]

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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:

     Recordings:

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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:

     Recordings:

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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:

     Recordings:

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Opening Theme 3: "Dupont T V Opening"

     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:

     Recordings:

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Closing Theme 4: "Closing Theme to Dupont Theatre ('Beautiful World')"

     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:

     Recordings:

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