樂曲解說

《讓樂團起奏》是喬治·格甚溫 1927 年創作的音樂劇。這個故事諷刺了美國對戰爭的品味：就因一個瑣碎的貿易問題向瑞士宣戰。格甚溫為音樂劇創作的第一個完全整合的樂譜受到吉爾伯特和沙利文的輕歌劇的影響。主題曲《讓樂團起奏》由格甚溫於 1936 年作為《讓樂團起奏—獻給加利福尼亞大學洛杉磯分校》贈予其並成為校歌之一。儘管音樂劇本身並不是很成功，但主打歌和序曲常作為獨立音樂會演出，作品很受歡迎。

Strike Up the Band’ is a 1927 musical by George Gershwin. The story satirizes America’s taste for war: America declares war on Switzerland over a trivial trade issue.
Gershwin’s first fully integrated score for a book musical was influenced by the operettas of Gilbert and Sullivan.
The title song, ‘Strike Up the Band’, was given to the University of California, Los Angeles by Gershwin in 1936 as ‘Strike Up the Band for UCLA’ and has become one of the school songs. Although the musical itself was not very successful, the title song and the overture – which is often performed as a stand-alone concert – work became very popular.