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Music from the ballet "Dracula" by Anthony DeLorenzo, performed by Proteus 7.
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Program 66
"Dracula"
MUSIC: DiLorenzo: “The Messenger” from Dracula [all music in this program is from Dorian Recordings xCD-90283] [under the following]
Welcome to Compact Discoveries. I’m your guide Fred Flaxman, and during the next hour we’re going to listen to the premiere recording of music to the ballet Dracula by Anthony DiLorenzo. The performance is by Proteus 7 on a Dorian compact disc.
MUSIC: above piece fades out
Before we begin, a few words about Count Dracula, the main inspiration for Bram Stoker’s famous novel. The Count was born in Romania in 1431, the son of the military governor of Transylvania. It was his father who was called Dracul, which is Romanian for dragon. That was because of his membership in the Order of the Dragon, a fraternal order supposedly dedicated to promoting Catholicism and doing away with Turkish rule. The order had a red ceremonial costume...
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