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The EMI set of three compact discs, to be released nationally next week, is not simply a sensitively performed account of America's most famous musical, "Show Boat." It also happens to represent formidable detective work by McGlinn, who turned up nearly an hour's worth of music assumed lost since the musical first bowed in 1927. The newly discovered music reveals the show to be a considerably more pioneering work than had been previously understood, as well as a more dark and complex piece than any number of frothy revivals would have us believe. "When I first saw the lost music to 'Show Boat,' it was the most unbelievable moment of my life," says McGlinn, referring primarily to scores unearthed in a Secaucus, N.J., warehouse in 1982 (the Warner Bros. warehouse also yielded vintage scores by George Gershwin, Irving Berlin and others). "After years of reading and dreaming about what this music must be like, finally to have it in my hands was an overwhelming sensation."
John McGlinn, a conductor and musical historian who delved deep into neglected archives to recreate musicals like 'Show Boat,' 'Anything Goes' and 'No, No, Nanette' in their original form, died on Saturday at home in Manhattan. He was 55.
The EMI set of three compact discs, to be released nationally next week, is not simply a sensitively performed account of America's most famous musical, "Show Boat." It also happens to represent formidable detective work by McGlinn, who turned up nearly an hour's worth of music assumed lost since the musical first bowed in 1927. The newly discovered music reveals the show to be a considerably more pioneering work than had been previously understood, as well as a more dark and complex piece than any number of frothy revivals would have us believe. "When I first saw the lost music to 'Show Boat,' it was the most unbelievable moment of my life," says McGlinn, referring primarily to scores unearthed in a Secaucus, N.J., warehouse in 1982 (the Warner Bros. warehouse also yielded vintage scores by George Gershwin, Irving Berlin and others). "After years of reading and dreaming about what this music must be like, finally to have it in my hands was an overwhelming sensation."
When conductor John McGlinn released his definitive recording of Jerome Kern's "Show Boat" (on EMI) last year, he found himself quickly transformed from aspiring artist to rising star.[dead link]
