Fred Feibel (1906-1978) played on
Jesse Crawford’s Wurlitzer organ at the Paramount Theatre, Times Square, broadcast organ music over the radio,
and wrote a technique book for the Hammond organ.
Alexandre Clément Léon Joseph Luigini (1850–1906), studied at the Paris Conservatoire
and returned to his hometown Lyon, where from 1872 he played violin in the theatre orchestra, becoming its conductor in 1877. It was
during this time that Luigini composed ballets, operas, and orchestral suites for use at the theatre in Lyon. From 1897 until his death,
he was the conductor of the Opéra-Comique in Paris. “Ballet égyptien,” Opus 12, was composed in 1875 and became his best
known composition after it was included in the second act of “Aida” by Verdi during an 1886 performance in Lyon. The
movements were assembled into two suites, of which the first is most frequently performed and forms the basis for the arrangement
by Feibel. Moderate.