1923 Paul Whiteman - Parade Of The Wooden Soldiers

This was written in 1897 for solo piano by German composer Leon Jessel, who published it for orchestra in 1905. It achieved widespread popularity in the early 1920s when featured in the Nikita Balieff revue “La Chaeve-Souris” (The Bat).

The original 78rpm single was issued on Victor 19007 - Parade Of The Wooden Soldiers (Leon Jessel) by Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra, recorded in NYC January 2, 1923 .
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