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Authentic Musical Box Arrangements (created by Jack Perron, who created the Music Box adaptations for Bjork's Vespertine Album) from our World-Famous Catalog of nearly 300 Thorens/Reuge-Compatible Music Box Metal Discs. 3-CD Set.
Genre: Easy Listening: Nostalgia
Release Date: 2007
HensTooth Discs Authentic Musical Box Arrangements Record Label: HensTooth Discs
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Preview Song Name Time Format Price Select
Dance of the Snowflakes (Nutcracker) 0:28 Album Only
March (Nutcracker) 0:28 Album Only
Chinese Dance (Nutcracker) 0:28 Album Only
Modern Major General 0:28 Album Only
He Is An Englishman 0:29 Album Only
Policeman's Lot 0:29 Album Only
Angels We Have Heard On 0:28 Album Only
Once in Royal David's City 0:28 Album Only
Bring a Torch, Jeannette Isabella 0:28 Album Only
Ding Dong Merrily on High 0:28 Album Only
While Shepherds Watched Their Flock 0:27 Album Only
Deck the Halls 0:28 Album Only
Hark The Herald Angels Sing 0:28 Album Only
Hallelujah Chorus 0:28 Album Only
Greensleeves 0:27 Album Only
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring 0:27 Album Only
Fur Elise 0:27 Album Only
Masterpiece Theater Theme 0:29 Album Only
O Mio Babino Caro 0:28 Album Only
Liebestraum 0:27 Album Only
Habanera 0:28 Album Only
Silvery Moon 0:27 Album Only
Over the Waves 0:27 Album Only
Beautiful Dreamer 0:27 Album Only
Amazing Grace 0:27 Album Only
In the Garden 0:28 Album Only
Holy Holy Holy 0:28 Album Only
I Love to Tell the Story 0:26 Album Only
What a Friend We Have in Jesus 0:28 Album Only
Nearer My God to Thee 0:33 Album Only
Romanza (Mozart) 0:29 Album Only
Quartet in F (Haydn) 0:28 Album Only
Sonata in C (Mozart) 0:27 Album Only
Roses from the South 0:27 Album Only
Lorelei 0:25 Album Only
Danube Waves 0:26 Album Only
O Christmas Tree 0:25 Album Only
Old Folks At Home/Swanee River 0:28 Album Only
La Traviata Brindist 0:26 Album Only
Safe In The Arms Of Jesus 0:26 Album Only
The Funny Boys - Ragtime 0:27 Album Only
Frere Jacques 0:27 Album Only
Ring Around A Rosy 0:26 Album Only
Mary Had A Little Lamb 0:25 Album Only
Brahms Lullaby 0:26 Album Only
Old King Cole 0:27 Album Only
First Noel 0:27 Album Only
Rockabye Baby 0:26 Album Only
Tales Of The Vienna Woods 0:27 Album Only
Adeste Fidelis 0:29 Album Only
O Little Town Of Bethlehem 0:28 Album Only
Merry Farmer 0:28 Album Only
Blue Danube 0:27 Album Only
In An 18th Century Drawing Room 0:25 Album Only
Faust Chorus 0:26 Album Only
Sleep Baby Sleep 0:27 Album Only
Hush My Baby 0:28 Album Only
There's No Place Like Home 0:26 Album Only
Partridge In A Pear Tree 0:27 Album Only
Nessun Dorma 0:27 Album Only
Allegro, Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (Mozart) 0:28 Album Only
Menuetto, Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (Mozart) 0:28 Album Only
Air in E flat major, The Chelsea Notebook (1764, age 8) (Mozart) 0:27 Album Only
Rondino in D major, Chelsea (Mozart) 0:27 Album Only
Minuet in G major, Chelsea (Mozart) 0:27 Album Only
Little March in G major, Chelsea (Mozart) 0:29 Album Only
Little Minuet in E flat major, Chelsea (Mozart) 0:27 Album Only
Contradance in G major (Mozart) 0:28 Album Only
Ah! Vous dirai-je, Maman (Twinkle Twinkle Little Star variations 0:28 Album Only
Menuett con Duport in d minor, KV 573 (Mozart) 0:29 Album Only
Menuetto, Symphony no. 39 in E flat major, KV 543 (Mozart) 0:28 Album Only
Andante grazioso, Piano Sonata no. 11 in A major, KV 331 (Mozart 0:28 Album Only
Rondeau, Piano Concerto no. 13 in C major, KV 415 (Mozart) 0:26 Album Only
Romance, Piano Concerto no. 20 in d minor, KV 466 (Mozart) 0:27 Album Only
Rondeau, Violin Concerto no. 2 in D major, KV 211 (Mozart) 0:27 Album Only
Rondeau, Violin Concerto no. 3 in G major, KV 216 (Mozart) 0:28 Album Only
Rondeau, Violin Concerto no. 5 in A major, KV 219 (Mozart) 0:28 Album Only
Wearing of the Green 0:27 Album Only
Rondo - Kegelstatt 498 0:27 Album Only
Rondeau kv 376 (Mozart) 0:27 Album Only
Song: Die groBmuthige GeleBenheit (Mozart) 0:28 Album Only
Song: Die Zufriedenheit (Mozart) 0:27 Album Only
Rondo Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (Mozart) 0:26 Album Only
Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms 0:27 Album Only
On Moonlight Bay 0:28 Album Only
I Can't Help Falling in Love With You (Plaisirs D'Amour) 0:28 Album Only
Rondo kv 191 (Mozart) 0:27 Album Only
Rondo kv 313 (Mozart) 0:28 Album Only
Menuetto kv 581 (Mozart) 0:27 Album Only
Wiegenlied, KV 350 (1780) 0:27 Album Only
Lied der Freiheit, KV 506 (1786) 0:27 Album Only
Des kleinen Freidrich's Geburtstag, KV 529 (1787) 0:27 Album Only
All People That on Earth Do Dwell 0:27 Album Only
Jesus Loves Me 0:26 Album Only
Leaning on the Everlasting Arms 0:27 Album Only
Are You Washed in The Blood 0:27 Album Only
The Tie That Binds 0:26 Album Only
Christ the Lord is Risen Today 0:28 Album Only
Rock of Ages 0:28 Album Only
Church in The Wildwood 0:27 Album Only
Old Rugged Cross 0:27 Album Only
Just As I Am 0:27 Album Only
Precious Memories 0:28 Album Only
Hard Times Come Again No More 0:26 Album Only
Oh Susanna 0:27 Album Only
De Camptown Races 0:28 Album Only
My Old Kentucky Home 0:27 Album Only
I Dream of Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair 0:27 Album Only
Dolcy Jones 0:27 Album Only
The Glendy Burk 0:28 Album Only
Gentle Annie 0:27 Album Only
Danny Boy (Part 1) 0:27 Album Only
Danny Boy (Part 2) 0:27 Album Only
Slane, Be Thou My Vision 0:28 Album Only
Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral 0:27 Album Only
All Through the Night 0:28 Album Only
When Irish Eyes Are Smiling 0:27 Album Only
Cockles & Mussels 0:27 Album Only
Lady's Looking Glass (Haydn) 0:26 Album Only
Good Old SummerTime 0:27 Album Only
Sidewalks of New York 0:27 Album Only
Skater's Waltz 0:28 Album Only
Ta-Ra-Ra 0:27 Album Only
My Wild Irish Rose 0:28 Album Only
My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean 0:27 Album Only
Red River Valley 0:25 Album Only
Yellow Rose of Texas 0:26 Album Only
When You and I Were Young, Maggie 0:28 Album Only
Down in the Valley 0:28 Album Only
Shenandoah 0:28 Album Only
Home Sweet Home 0:25 Album Only
Redwing 0:27 Album Only
Sweet Bye And Bye 0:28 Album Only
Joy to the World 0:25 Album Only
Away in a Manger 0:27 Album Only
Dixie 0:27 Album Only
Yankee Doodle Dandy 0:27 Album Only
Hornpipe Water Music 0:28 Album Only
Canon in D Pachelbel 0:28 Album Only
Queen of Sheba 0:27 Album Only
Trumpet Voluntary Clarke 0:27 Album Only
Wedding March Mendelssohn 0:28 Album Only
Jingle Bells 0:25 Album Only
Clair De Lune 0:27 Album Only
Ode To Joy 0:29 Album Only
Te Deum Charpentier 0:27 Album Only
Rejouissance Handel Fireworks 0:27 Album Only
Spring - Vivaldi 0:27 Album Only
Allegro Trumpet Suite in D Handel 0:27 Album Only
Asturias (Hymn of My Province) 0:29 Album Only
Sleepers Awake (Wachet Auf) Bach 0:27 Album Only
Aida March Verdi 0:27 Album Only
Pineapple Rag Joplin 0:27 Album Only
Sheep May Safely Graze - Bach 0:25 Album Only
Sonatina in G Pt. 1 Beethoven 0:27 Album Only
Sonatina in G Pt. 2 Beethoven 0:28 Album Only
Come Ever-Smiling Liberty - Handel 0:28 Album Only
Ridente La Calma - Mozart 0:27 Album Only
The Ash Grove 0:29 Album Only
Auld Lang Syne 0:28 Album Only
Barbara Allen 0:27 Album Only
Battle Hymn of the Republic 0:28 Album Only
Bonnie Charlie 0:28 Album Only
Bonnie Dundee 0:26 Album Only
Clementine 0:27 Album Only
Coming Thru The Rye 0:27 Album Only
Gentle Maiden 0:29 Album Only
God Save The Queen 0:28 Album Only
Girl I Left Behind Me 0:28 Album Only
In Dulci Jubilo 0:27 Album Only
Banks of Loch Lomond 0:26 Album Only
Marching Thru Georgia 0:27 Album Only
Britannia Part 1 0:28 Album Only
Britannia Part 2 0:28 Album Only
When Johnny Comes Marching Home 0:27 Album Only
Artist's Life Waltz 0:27 Album Only
Emperor Waltz 0:26 Album Only
I Love You Truly 0:27 Album Only
O Lord I Am Not Worthy 0:25 Album Only
Let Me Call You Sweetheart 0:27 Album Only
Schubert's Serenade 0:26 Album Only
Mendelssohn's Spring Song 0:27 Album Only
Morning Has Broken 0:28 Album Only
Go Tell It On The Mountain 0:27 Album Only
The Old Grey Mare 0:26 Album Only
Home On The Range 0:26 Album Only
Swan Lake 0:26 Album Only
Play A Simple Melody 0:26 Album Only
Bicycle Built For Two 0:28 Album Only
Dance of The Happy Spirits - Orpheus and Euridice 0:28 Album Only
He Shall Feed His Flock - Handel 0:25 Album Only
La Ci Darem La Mano (Don Giovani) 0:27 Album Only
Alouette 0:27 Album Only
Waltzing Matilda 0:27 Album Only
When the Saints Go Marching In 0:25 Album Only
Long Long Ago 0:28 Album Only
Scotland The Brave 0:28 Album Only
The Entertainer 0:28 Album Only
Take Me Out to the Ball Game 0:27 Album Only
Breeze From Alabama 0:26 Album Only
Easy Winners 0:26 Album Only
Dill Pickles 0:28 Album Only
Elite Syncopations 0:25 Album Only
Fig Leaf Rag 0:28 Album Only
Kismet Rag 0:27 Album Only
Magnetic Rag 0:27 Album Only
Scott Joplin's New Rag 0:27 Album Only
Wildwood Flower 0:26 Album Only
Grandfather's Clock 0:26 Album Only
In His Hands 0:26 Album Only
Harmonious Blacksmith Handel 0:25 Album Only
Harmonious Blacksmith var.1 Handel 0:25 Album Only
Alle Jahre Wieder 0:27 Album Only
Am Weihnachtsbaum 0:26 Album Only
Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes 0:28 Album Only
In An English Country Garden 0:28 Album Only
Eventide 0:27 Album Only
Frohliche Weihnacht 0:28 Album Only
I Saw Three Ships 0:27 Album Only
Itsy Bitsy Spider 0:27 Album Only
Kling Glockchen 0:28 Album Only
La Donna 0:27 Album Only
Minuet in F Mozart 0:26 Album Only
Minuet in G (Anna Magdalena) Bach 0:26 Album Only
O Du Frohliche 0:27 Album Only
Old French Song 0:27 Album Only
Skye Boat Song 0:27 Album Only
Can Can Pt. 1 0:26 Album Only
Can Can Pt. 2 0:26 Album Only
Liberty Bell March 0:26 Album Only
This Old Man 0:27 Album Only
Haydn XIX32 Mechanical Clock 0:27 Album Only
Haydn XIX28 Mechanical Clock 0:29 Album Only
Haydn XIX26 Mechanical Clock 0:28 Album Only
Haydn XIX25 Mechanical Clock 0:26 Album Only
Haydn XIX24 Mechanical Clock 0:26 Album Only
Haydn XIX23 Mechanical Clock 0:27 Album Only
Haydn XIX20 Mechanical Clock 0:27 Album Only
Haydn XIX19 Mechanical Clock 0:26 Album Only
Haydn XIX18 Mechanical Clock 0:24 Album Only
Amaryllis (Air de Louis XIII) 0:26 Album Only
A-Roving 0:26 Album Only
Blow Ye Winds Heigh Ho 0:26 Album Only
A British Tar (H.M.S. Pinafore) 0:26 Album Only
When Britain Really Ruled (Iolanthe) 0:27 Album Only
There Lived A King 0:26 Album Only
K-K-K-Katy 0:26 Album Only
In The Shade Of The Old Apple Tree 0:25 Album Only
Courante from Terpsichore 0:28 Album Only
Ballet from Terpsichore 0:27 Album Only
Sweet Nightingale 0:26 Album Only
Mary Had A Little Lamb variation 0:26 Album Only
Narcissus 0:25 Album Only
Over There 0:26 Album Only
In The Shade Of The Old Apple Tree Waltz 0:25 Album Only
Waltz Dream 0:25 Album Only
Monastery Bells 0:25 Album Only
O Sacred Heart, O Love Divine 0:25 Album Only
O Gentle Presence 0:25 Album Only
My Country 'Tis of Thee 0:25 Album Only
You Made Me Love You 0:25 Album Only
Moonlight Sonata 0:25 Album Only
Miniature Piano Concert (Haydn) 0:25 Album Only
18th Variation on a Theme of Paganini 0:25 Album Only
Here We Come A-Caroling 0:25 Album Only
We Wish You A Merry Christmas 0:25 Album Only
Day Of Days 0:25 Album Only
Star Splangled Banner 0:25 Album Only
Little Drummer Boy 0:25 Album Only
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen 0:25 Album Only
How Great Thou Art 0:25 Album Only
We Three Kings 0:25 Album Only
Lord Of All 0:25 Album Only
The Magic Flute 0:25 Album Only
Skater's Waltz #2 0:25 Album Only
Because (Guy d'Hardelot) 0:25 Album Only
Die Moldau 0:25 Album Only
Largo Winter Four Seasons 0:25 Album Only
Oh Oh Antonio 0:25 Album Only
Radetzky March (for Thorens 11) 0:25 Album Only
Washington Post March (for Thorens 11) 0:25 Album Only
Alexander's Ragtime Band (for Thorens 11) 0:25 Album Only
The Thunderer (for Thorens 11) 0:25 Album Only
American Patrol (for Thorens 11) 0:25 Album Only
Rialto Ripples Rag (for Regina 15.5 Music Box) 0:25 Album Only
Clayton's Grand March (for Regina 15.5 Music Box) 0:25 Album Only
Plantxy Irwin (for Regina 15.5 Music Box) 0:25 Album Only
La Bamba (for Regina 15.5 Music Box) 0:25 Album Only
Suo Gan (for Regina 15.5 Music Box) 0:25 Album Only
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Album Notes

Before the age of electronics, people relied upon mechanical musical instruments such as player pianos and cylinder or disc musical boxes for entertainment when they could not listen to live music. Music boxes enjoyed a brief period of popularity from approx. 1880 to 1920. Eventually, the phonograph and later all the modern electronic devices we know today replaced the music box.

Today, HensTooth Discs still manufactures metal discs for many antique Disc Musical Boxes. This 3 CD-R set is a catalog of authentic arrangements which we offer on 4.5 inch metal discs that can be played on 'AD30' model Thorens and Reuge disc musical boxes. (There are several selections for larger music boxes also included.) They are heard here as rendered by an accurate computer simulation. Each title is approximately 26 seconds long, which is the actual playing time of the Thorens/Reuge 4.5 inch movement.

Keep in mind that THESE ARRANGEMENTS ARE THE ACTUAL MUSICAL SCORES WE USE TO PUNCH OUR DISCS. Because of the inherent limitations of these mechanical devices, there are many ‘time-tested’ techniques which must be employed to create a usable piece of music. The result is a true ‘music box sounding’ composition.

Jack Perron is the founder and chief musical arranger for HensTooth discs. He has likely created more arrangements/compositions for actual music boxes than any other person, ever. In the past, arrangements of his have found their way into such places as The Phantom Manor (EuroDisney attraction), the homes of Tom T. Hall (Country Recording Artist) and Walt Disney, and were featured on Bjork's Grammy Nominated (2002) Album, 'Vespertine' (Frosti, Cocoon, Pagan Poetry). His version of 'Sweetheart of Sigma Chi' was heard in the 1981 movie 'Ghost Story', Fred Astaire's final film. Lately, Jack’s harmonization of 'Ablassen' was heard introducing CBS' "Sunday Morning".

Below you will find a brief ‘personal history’ written by Mr. Perron, and also a link to an interview concerning his collaboration with Icelandic singer Bjork.

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Personal History
Just about 30 years ago, having taken a leave of absence from Medical School, and while working as an itinerant musician traveling 'round New England playing traditional fiddle music, a friend asked me over dinner, 'What would you like to be doing, if you had completely free choice?' I answered without hesitation that I'd like to be putting traditional music onto music boxes.
I was surprised at my answer, as it had not occurred to me until that moment. At the time, I had very little knowledge of music boxes. To shorten the story, less than 24 hours later, I had a job arranging 'Lara's Theme' for a Porter Music Box Company 15.5" Regina disc.
Since then, I have been responsible for the music on several hundred discs of 'new music' sold by the Porter Music Box Company of Randolph Vermont, USA.
In the 1970's, and under special arrangement with Porter Music Box Company, I produced a series of discs consisting of traditional dance music, mostly from the British Isles, and representing a type of music that had very little chance of finding its way onto music box discs otherwise.

Today, I create new arrangements for my small company, HensTooth Discs™. The charm of a music box still enchants me. Mostly, I suppose that I feel a music box may best be heard in one’s private moments: it has an intimacy meant for an audience of one (or perhaps two?). Yet, there is a certain purity, an innocence, to the sound. You might want to listen to these CDs as you go to sleep (as a child might), for it may be in that quiet time that its unique feeling is best received.

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Link to interview on collaboration with Bjork:
http://www.bjork.fr/Jack-Perron-interview.html

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REVIEWS

author: bernard curran
just beautiful
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Wonderfully Nostalgic
author: Debbra Piening
These are lovely arrangements that bring back memories of a time long past that needs remembering. My only complaintiss that the pieces are so short: I want them to go on forever, especially the Christmas selections. Fine job!
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