The Golden Wedding
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{{about|a piece of music|the play from 1771|Desfontaines-Lavallée}}
"La Cinquantaine" (French "the fiftieth anniversary") is a piece of music which was composed by Jean Gabriel-Marie in 1887.Maurice Hinson, Wesley Roberts The Piano in Chamber Ensemble: An Annotated Guide 0253346967 2006 p631 "Jean Gabriel-Marie: La Cinquantaine."
A swing arrangement of the work by James "Jiggs" Noble, recorded in New York City in late 1940 or early 1941 by Woody Herman and his orchestra as "Golden Wedding", became a 1941 hit and a jazz standard.{{citation |page=[https://archive.org/details/woodchoppersball00herm/page/20 20] |title=The Woodchopper's Ball |author=Woody Herman, Stuart Troup |publisher=E. P. Dutton |year=1990 |isbn=9780525248538 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/woodchoppersball00herm/page/20 }} The record is notable for its extended (34 bars) drum solo by Frankie Carlson.{{cite web|url=https://www.academia.edu/6108077|title=Analysis of Drum Solos from Golden Wedding 1941 and 1976|author=Jeremy Sibson|access-date=15 January 2015}}
Audio recordings
{{external media |width=300px |audio1=You may hear Golden Wedding performed by the Joe Biviano Accordion and Rhythm Sextette with John Serry and Tony Mottola in 1945 [https://archive.org/details/78_golden-wedding-la-cinquantaine_joe-biviano-his-accordion-and-rhythm-sextette_gbia0071954b/Golden+We+-+Joe+Biviano%2C+his+Accordion+and+Rhythm+Sextette.flac
Here on Archive.org]}}
;Classical
:1947 – John Serry Sr. with Joe Biviano's Accordion & Rhythm Sextette on the album Accordion Capers for Sonora records {{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/mbid-47ec1899-c909-4d5f-b38c-4920df8f57d9|title=Accordion Capers|year=1947}}The Billboard 27 April 1946 P. 124
:1954 – John Serry Sr. performed/arranged the composition for accordion & his ensemble for RCA Victor(See RCA Thesaurus).[https://www.esm.rochester.edu/sibley/specialcollections/findingaids/#S Eastman School of Music - University of Rochester - Sibley Music Library: John J. Serry Sr. Collection "John Serry Sextette" audio recording for RCA Thesaurus of arrangements and performances by John Serry at the RCA Victor Sudios in 1954 p. 18 The John J. Serry Sr. Collection archived at the University of Rochester]
;Jazz
:1941 – Woody Herman and his Orchestra, recorded NYC 13 February 1941. Personnel: John Owens, Steady Nelson, Cappy Lewis trumpets; Vic Hamman, Neil Reid, Bud Smith trombones; Woody Herman clarinet; Eddie Scalzi, Herb Tomkins alto saxes; Micky Folus, Saxie Mansfield tenor saxes; Tommy Linehan piano; Hy White guitar; Walter Yoder bass; Frank Carlson drums; re-released in UK on Brunswick LAT8092 (10" LP) 1955.{{cite book|title=Just Jazz|editor1=Sinclair Traill |editor2=Gerald Lascelles| publisher=Peter Davies, London|date=c. 1957}}
:Herman and his orchestra featured in the 1942 film What's Cookin'?, playing "Golden Wedding", amongst other hits by them, as well as The Andrews Sisters and other contemporary musicians.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article170875642 |title=Amusements |newspaper=Daily Mercury |volume=77 |issue=49 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=26 February 1943 |accessdate=21 July 2023 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}}
:1948 – Adrian Rollini Trio, 1948 film by Video Varieties Corporation, New York, recorded as "The Girl with the Light Blue Hair," described as "Swinging 'La Cinquantaine,' by Jean Gabriel Prosper Marie." It's on YouTube.
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