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<span class=prefix>Sir</span> Leon Noel Arnaud

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Sir Leon Noel Arnaud

Birth
Laon, Departement de l'Aisne, Picardie, France
Death
26 Apr 1991 (aged 86)
Burial
Hamptonville, Yadkin County, North Carolina, USA Add to Map
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COMPOSER, ARRANGER, DOCTORATE OF MUSIC AND KNIGHTED CONDUCTOR IN SPAIN AND FINLAND. "Bugler's Dream" is very well known, especially by Americans, as theme music for the Olympic Games from its use in ABC's and NBC's television coverage of the games. It is considered to be a symbol of the Olympics. Arnaud's piece is very stately, beginning with a timpani cadence that is soon joined by a distinctive theme in brass.

The musical theme of "Bugler's Dream" is based on David Buhl's "Salut aux étendards", a typical cavalry trumpet's call, composed during Napoleon's Consulat.

Arnaud was commissioned by conductor Felix Slatkin to create a piece for his album Charge! in 1958. For this, he wrote "The Charge Suite", published by Shawnee Press, which included "Bugler's Dream". ABC began using the composition as the theme to its coverage of the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France, and in future Olympics. It was also used as the title piece for the series ABC's Wide World of Sports. NBC went with an alternate theme in 1988 when it obtained the rights to the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, but brought "Bugler's Dream" back for its coverage of the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.
COMPOSER, ARRANGER, DOCTORATE OF MUSIC AND KNIGHTED CONDUCTOR IN SPAIN AND FINLAND. "Bugler's Dream" is very well known, especially by Americans, as theme music for the Olympic Games from its use in ABC's and NBC's television coverage of the games. It is considered to be a symbol of the Olympics. Arnaud's piece is very stately, beginning with a timpani cadence that is soon joined by a distinctive theme in brass.

The musical theme of "Bugler's Dream" is based on David Buhl's "Salut aux étendards", a typical cavalry trumpet's call, composed during Napoleon's Consulat.

Arnaud was commissioned by conductor Felix Slatkin to create a piece for his album Charge! in 1958. For this, he wrote "The Charge Suite", published by Shawnee Press, which included "Bugler's Dream". ABC began using the composition as the theme to its coverage of the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France, and in future Olympics. It was also used as the title piece for the series ABC's Wide World of Sports. NBC went with an alternate theme in 1988 when it obtained the rights to the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, but brought "Bugler's Dream" back for its coverage of the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.


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