The Melody Lingers on

With Leslie Lake Searle, Soprano, and Ross Thompson, Baritone. The period from 1900 to 1948 was an extraordinary time when songwriters and lyricists developed a new expression for the American stage. It was a transition from the European Operetta style of Victor Herbert and Sigmund Romberg to that unique American presentation called musical theatre. The great songs writers and lyricists on the recording provided a richness of melody, harmony and expression to the world of musical theatre that was unique to those decades. Their songs are heard now with nostalgia by many, and with wonder by those who have discovered them more recently. The Melody Lingers On brings those lovely songs back to the audiences of today.