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- [1939] (Creation)
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1 score (1 p.) : blueprint
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File consists of Leslie Bell's arrangement of the American Civil War song (also spelled "Aura Lea") by W.W. Fosdic and George R. Poulton.
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- English
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Alumna of the Leslie Bell Singers sang this at their fourth annual reunion (see recording of the reunion, OTUFM 39-E-B030, and the CBC news report on the reunion, OTUFM 39-E-B033)
Also see Bell's arrangement of "Love me tender," Elvis Presley's 1956 version of "Aura Lee".
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Included in The Festival Song Book, Book 3 by Leslie Bell (Canadian Music Sales Corporation Limited, 1956).
Publication note
Included in The Festival Song Book, Book 2 by Leslie Bell (Canadian Music Sales Corporation Limited, 1955).
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Dated based on column "Musically Speaking" by Leslie Bell in the Toronto Daily Star (November 24, 1956), in which he writes "'Aura Lee'...happens to be the first song I ever arranged for the Bell Singers over 18 years ago. When the ex-members of the choir meet at their annual reunion each year, they always sing 'Aura Lee' for sentimental reasons. I suppose this year [referring the Elvis Presley's 'Love me Tender'] we'll have to change the words."