Harry Breuer and his Quintet - TV Funeral March (1958)

 

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TV Funeral March

Harry Breuer and his Quintet 

Mallet Mischief Vol. 2

(1958)

For me, and for some of you I'm sure, the Re/Search Incredibly Strange Music books were absolute text books for music curios 101. The CDs were fantastic too. For those familiar with the books (and CDs) will remember this LP cover gracing the front art of Volume 1.

Harry Breuer was very much a session musician, but did release three LPs with his Quintet for the Audio Fidelity label.

The Incredibly Strange CDs featured the cut "Bumble Bee Bolero" from the Quintet's first album (Mallet Magic) and "Minute Merengue" (from this LP.)

So, I offer a third cut here, "TV Funeral March," which I'm sure some of you will recognize as Gounod's "Funeral March of a Marionette," the theme song to Alfred Hitchcock Presents...

Which begs the question, to me... is there still relevance to Re/Search books, or to Alfred Hitchcock Presents???

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