Introduction
"First Rhapsody 1946 Melachrino" is a MIDI music piece in Classical Music style, played by Acoustic Grand Piano solo.
The total duration of this midi music is 3 minutes and 13 seconds, with a total of 1,622 notes, divided into 65 tracks, the initial tempo is 100bpm, the min tempo is 10bpm, the max tempo is 109bpm.
There are multiple keys marked in the file, such as A♭ major、E major、E♭ major etc., marked beats are 4/4、5/4.
Some MIDI events such as Channel Volume Control, Pan are used.
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Standard Midi File Properties
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Standard
GM1 -
File format
MIDI TYPE 1 -
File size
14.28 KB -
Duration
03:13 -
BPM
10 - 109 -
Tracks
4
Channels and Instruments
Used 4 channels, 1 instrument
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Acoustic Grand Piano
372 notes/chords，avg. pitch G5
Program ID: 0, Track: 1time: 00:02 - 03:08
pitch: G#3 - D7
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Acoustic Grand Piano
287 notes/chords，avg. pitch B4
Program ID: 0, Track: 2time: 00:02 - 03:08
pitch: F#3 - B6
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Acoustic Grand Piano
101 notes/chords，avg. pitch E4
Program ID: 0, Track: 3time: 00:03 - 03:02
pitch: E3 - A5
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Acoustic Grand Piano
480 notes/chords，avg. pitch F3
Program ID: 0, Track: 4time: 00:02 - 03:11
pitch: C#1 - G#4
Tracks
65 tracks are used, 4 tracks have notes
| # | Name | Channel(s) | Instrument(s) |
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| 1 | piano 1 | 1 | Acoustic Grand Piano |
| 2 | piano 2 | 2 | Acoustic Grand Piano |
| 3 | piano 3 | 3 | Acoustic Grand Piano |
| 4 | piano 4 | 4 | Acoustic Grand Piano |
| 5 | * | ||
| 6 | First Rhapsody 1946 Melachrino | ||
| 7 | Music by George Melachrino | ||
| 8 | Piano Transcription by Harry Ralton | ||
| 9 | copyright 1946 by The Arcadia Music Pub.Co. London | ||
| 10 | sequence by James Pitt-Payne, London UK | ||
| 11 | on Friday 26 September 2003 at 16.28 | ||
| 12 | in association with Doug Grierson | ||
| 13 | * | ||
| 14 | Born George Militiades, 1st May 1909, London, England, | ||
| 15 | died 18 June 1965, London, England. | ||
| 16 | An orchestra leader, composer, arranger, multi instrumentalist | ||
| 17 | and singer, Melachrino was the son of Greek parents. | ||
| 18 | He learned to play a miniature violin, and wrote | ||
| 19 | his first composition when he was five years old. | ||
| 20 | He was already an accomplished musician by the age | ||
| 21 | of 14 when he enrolled at the Trinity College Of Music, | ||
| 22 | where he specialized in chamber music and the use | ||
| 23 | of strings. At the age of 16, he wrote | ||
| 24 | a string sextette that was performed in London. | ||
| 25 | He resolved to learn to play every instrument | ||
| 26 | in the orchestra, and succeeded, with the exception | ||
| 27 | of the harp and piano. In 1927, he began his | ||
| 28 | broadcasting career, playing and singing from the BBC studio | ||
| 29 | at Savoy Hill. He strayed further and further | ||
| 30 | away from his initial ambition to be a classical musician, | ||
| 31 | playing jazz instead, and working in dance bands | ||
| 32 | for leaders such as Bert Firman, Harry Hudson, Ambrose | ||
| 33 | and Carroll Gibbons' Savoy Hotel Orchestra. | ||
| 34 | In 1939, Melachrino formed his own dance band | ||
| 35 | to play at the prestigious London venue the Cafe de Paris, | ||
| 36 | until 1940. During the period of the 'Battle of Britain', | ||
| 37 | he joined the British Army as a military policeman, | ||
| 38 | eventually becoming a Regimental Sergeant-Major. He later | ||
| 39 | toured in the Stars Of Battledress and was musical director | ||
| 40 | of the Army Radio Unit, as well as the leader | ||
| 41 | of the British Band of the Allied Expeditionary Forces. | ||
| 42 | He also led the 50-piece 'Orchestra in Khaki', | ||
| 43 | recruited from professional musicians serving in the ranks, | ||
| 44 | who were much amused when he was introduced on | ||
| 45 | broadcasts as 'the Sentimental Sergeant-Major'. | ||
| 46 | The unit held its own against the American band led | ||
| 47 | by Glenn Miller and the Canadian combination led by | ||
| 48 | Robert Farnon, with both of whom Melachrino guested | ||
| 49 | as vocalist on occasions during the war years. | ||
| 50 | While in the forces, he experimented with large string | ||
| 51 | sounds, and after the war he ran two outfits, | ||
| 52 | the Melachrino Strings and the George Melachrino Orchestra, | ||
| 53 | both purveying the sentimental mood music so popular | ||
| 54 | in the 50s, especially in the USA. | ||
| 55 | * | ||
| 56 | His compositions included 'First Rhapsody' | ||
| 57 | (his theme tune), 'Winter Sunshine', 'Vision D'Amour', | ||
| 58 | 'Woodland Revel' and 'Portrait Of A Lady'. | ||
| 59 | * | ||
| 60 | He died in 1965 following an accident at his home | ||
| 61 | in Kensington, London. The Melachrino Strings | ||
| 62 | and Orchestra continued to record into the 80s, | ||
| 63 | conducted by Robert Mandell. | ||
| 64 | * |
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