Lawrence welk biography report
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Welk, Lawrence
Bandleader
The Early Accordion Bands
The Television Debut
Welk Kept It Pure
Welk’s Riches
Selected writings
Selected discography
Sources
Adored by loyal fans, ridiculed by the younger set, bandleader Lawrence Welk still managed to lead one of the longest-running shows in television history. From 1951 to 1982 this camera-shy bandleader stiffly conducted his orchestra’s trademark “champagne music,” while good-looking, clean-faced young men and women danced, sang, and smiled their way across the television screen. With his signature phrases “ah-one an ah-two” and “wunnerful, wunnerful,” Welk either thrilled or bored hundreds of thousands of people every Saturday night for years, and in reruns after the show ceased production.
Born on March 11, 1903, in a sod farmhouse near the village of Strasburg, North Dakota, Welk was one of eight children. To avoid religious persecution, his parents, Christine and Ludwig Welk, had fled their home in the Alsace-Lorraine region of France. The mixed heritage of this area—it was once part of Germany—helps explain Welk’s unusual accent. Although his polka playing accordion talents led people to believe that Welk was Polish, his parents actually
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Lawrence Welk Show Advertisement Sheet Music Collection
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Collection
Identifier: Welk Mss 8
Scope and Content
The Lawrence Welk Show Advertisement Sheet Music Collection consists of music that was produced by Welk’s arrangers for the purpose of advertising products produced by the show’s sponsors. This includes the companies of Plymouth, Dodge, Aqua Velva, Chevrolet, Mutual of Omaha, and more. During the processing of the advertisement music, various loose uninventoried arrangements were discovered intermixed among them. They have been organized under the Other Music Series. It is unclear if they were used on the show, however they appear to have been produced by Welk’s hired arrangers. The Segment Themes Series are short musical interludes used on the television show during transition times between performances and sets. During the processing of this collection, it was determined to remove the conductor’s scores and house them separately in oversize boxes, due to their size. When using this collection, keep in mind to check the Score Series to see if a score exists for the arrangement of interest.
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