The Golden Wedding

This article is about a piece of music. For the play from 1771, see Desfontaines-Lavallée.

"La Cinquantaine" (French "the fiftieth anniversary") is a piece of music which was composed by Jean Gabriel-Marie in 1887.[1] It was a hit for Woody Herman and his orchestra as "The Golden Wedding" in 1940. They played a swing arrangement of the work by James "Jiggs" Noble, which became a jazz standard.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Maurice Hinson, Wesley Roberts The Piano in Chamber Ensemble: An Annotated Guide 0253346967 2006 p631 "Jean Gabriel-Marie: La Cinquantaine."
  2. ↑ Woody Herman, Stuart Troup (1990), The Woodchopper's Ball, E.P. Dutton, p. 20, ISBN 9780525248538


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