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Philip J. Lang (17 April 1911, New York – 22 February 1986, Branford, Connecticut) was an American musical arranger, orchestrator and composer of band music, as well as a musical educator. He is credited for writing the orchestral arrangements (orchestrations) for over 50 Broadway theatre shows.

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Louis Lane Conducts The Cleveland Orchestra
The Complete Epic And Columbia Album Collection
2024, 14x CD, Box Set,
Modern/Romantic/Classical/Orchestra/Symphony/Soundtrack/Suite/Ballet
"Annie" Original London Cast
Annie (Original London Cast Recording)
2020, CD, Album, Stage Door Records
The Upsetters
Clint Eastwood / Many Moods Of "The Upsetters"
2019, 2xCD, Comp, Doctor Bird, ,
Reggae
Lerner & Loewe
My Fair Lady (2018 Broadway Cast Recording)
2018
Various
42nd Street (2017 London Cast Recording)
2017, CD, Album, First Night Records, ,
Musical
Doris Day
The Real... Doris Day
2012, 3xCD, Comp, Columbia, Sony Music, ,
Vocal/Swing/Theme/Ballad/Soundtrack
Morton Gould, "The President's Own" United States Marine Band*
An American Salute
2012, CD, Not On Label,
Various
50 Patriotic Songs - Music For The 4th Of July
2012, CD, Comp, Altissimo!, ,
Marches/Military
Various
Annie: The Broadway Musical - World Premiere Complete Recording
2010
Orchestre Des Sapeurs-Pompiers Des Yvelines
Les Feux De La Rampe
2009, CD, Album, Corelia
Various
Maggie Flynn (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
2009
The United States Military Bands*
Not Sousa Volume 4 (Marching On... More Great Music Not By John Philip Sousa)
2008, CD, Comp, Altissimo!,
Various
Fifties: Original 1950's Background Music
2007, 3xCD, Comp, Lib, BooseyMedia, Cavendish Music
The College Of New Jersey Wind Ensemble, William H. Silvester
Wind Tableaux
2007, CD, Album, Mark Records,
Marinierskapel der Koninklijke Marine*
60 Jaar 'Music By The Marines'
2006, 8xCD, Comp + Box, Naval Records
US Army Field Band* & Soldiers' Chorus, Norman Schwarzkopf
Duty, Honor, Country
2006
Hans May / Cole Porter
Wedding In Paris / Can-Can (Original London Cast)
2005, CD, Comp, Sepia Records (2), ,
Musical/Vocal
Bernadette Peters
Sondheim Etc. Etc.
2005
Harry Warren
42nd Street - The New Broadway Cast Recording
2001, CD, Album, Atlantic, Q Records (3), ,
Musical
The College Of New Jersey Wind Ensemble, William H. Silvester
American Winds
2001, CD, Mark Records,
The United States Army Field Band
The Legacy Of Aaron Copland
2000, CD, Not On Label
Roy Rogers
Happy Trails The Roy Rogers Collection (1937-1990)
1999, 3xCD, Album, Comp, RM + Box, Comp, Rhino Records (2)
José Carreras, Barbara Hendricks, Sylvia McNair, Kiri Te Kanawa
Tonight / Musical Highlights
1999
Various
The Best Musicals In The World...Ever!
1999
Royal Symphonic Band Of The Belgian Guides*
United States Marches
1998, CD, René Gailly
Various
Legendy Muzyki POP 3
1998, Cass, Comp, Przegląd Reader's Digest
Charles Strouse, Martin Charnin
Annie - Music Theatre Hour
1998, CD, TER Limited
Irving Berlin
Annie Get Your Gun - 1963 Studio Cast Recording
1997, CD, HMI Records
Mogens Wieth, Gerda Gilboe, Osvald Helmuth, Preben Mahrt, Preben Uglebjerg
My Fair Lady
1996, ,
Musical
Cincinnati Wind Symphony, Eugene Corporon, Brian Bowman
American Variations
1995, CD, Album, Klavier Records, ,
Modern/Post-Modern/Modern Classical
Charles Strouse, Martin Charnin - National Symphony Orchestra*, Martin Yates
Annie
1995
Jerry Herman, Michael Stewart (7), Original 1995 London Cast*
Mack & Mabel
1995
Paige O'Hara
Loving You - Paige O'Hara Sings Jerry Herman
1995, CD, ,
Score/Soundtrack
National Symphony Orchestra*, Jack Everly
I'm the Greatest Star ! : the Overtures of Jule Styne Volume Two
1994, CD, Album, That's Entertainment Records, ,
Musical
Jule Styne / National Symphony Orchestra* - Jack Everly
Everything's Coming Up Roses / The Overtures Of Jule Styne
1994
Barbara Cook And Theodore Bikel
The King And I
1993
Jule Styne, Bob Merrill, Various
Prettybelle (1982 Studio Cast Recording)
1993
Kim Criswell, Ambrosian Chorus, London Sinfonietta, John McGlinn
The Lorelei
1993
Paul Freeman (3) ● Orchestra Of The Americas
Aspects Of Fiddler On The Roof • Funny Girl • George M.! • Mame • Man Of La Mancha • Oliver! • Kiss Me, Kate
1992, CD, Comp, Pro-Arte Audio+
Alexander H. Cohen Proudly Presents Angela Lansbury
Dear World (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
1992, Cass, Album, Sony Broadway
Don Ameche, Elaine Stritch, Russell Nype, Pat Stanley - Leroy Anderson
Goldilocks (Original Broadway Cast)
1992
Irving Berlin - Kim Criswell, Thomas Hampson, Ambrosian Chorus*, London Sinfonietta, John McGlinn
Annie Get Your Gun
1991, CD, ,
Musical
Cole Porter - London Sinfonietta, John McGlinn
Overtures, Ballet: "Within The Quota"
1991
The Studio London Orchestra
Endless Love
1991
Stora Teaterns Kör Och Orkester, Göteborgs Musikteater*, Lerner & Loewe
My Fair Lady
1990
Various
42nd Street (The Australian Cast Recording)
1989
Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra, Frederick Fennell
Belle Of The Ball (The Heart Of The Wind Ensemble)
1988
Kiri Te Kanawa, Jeremy Irons, Lerner & Loewe, John Gielgud, Warren Mitchell, Jerry Hadley, London Voices & London Symphony Orchestra, John Mauceri
My Fair Lady
1987, Vinyl, ,
Musical
Various
De Rabobank Jubileert Epe Musiceert
1986, LP, Album, MM Records (6)
The United States Air Force Band* & Singing Sergeants, Major James M. Bankhead*
America
1986
Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra
Serenata
1985
Grand Rapids Symphonic Band
Favorites
1983, LP, Album, Not On Label (Grand Rapids Symphony Self-released)
Delavska Godba Trbovlje
1903 - 1983
1983
Various
The Organist Entertains You
1982, LP, Comp, Mono, Decca, Decca, ,
Music Hall
Eynsford Concert Band, Robin O'Connell, Christopher Mowat
Eynsford Concert Band
1981, LP, Not On Label (Eynsford Concert Band self-released)
Jule Styne, Herb Gardner
One Night Stand (Original Cast)
1981
The University Of Michigan Symphony Band, William D. Revelli
The Revelli Years With The University Of Michigan Symphony Band, Volume One
1980, 6xLP, Ltd, Golden Crest
Original Broadway Cast*
42nd Street
1980, Cass, Album, Promo, Dol, RCA
Original Broadway Cast*
42nd Street
1980, Cass, Album, Cle, RCA Red Seal
Various
The 1980 Illinois All-State Concert
1980, 2xLP, Album, Mark Records
Alan Jay Lerner, Burton Lane - Georgia Brown, Paul Sorvino
Carmelina
1980
David Merrick
42nd Street Original Broadway Cast Recording
1980
Michael Crawford, Cheryl Kennedy
Flowers For Algernon: A New Musical (Original London Cast)
1980
Upper Perkiomen High School Senior Concert Band
1979 Senior Concert Band
1979, LP, Album, WFB Productions
Northshore Concert Band
Strike Up The Band
1979, LP, Brewster Records (2), ,
Contemporary/Romantic
Joel Grey Music And Lyrics By Jerry Herman
The Grand Tour
1979, Vinyl, ,
Musical
"Annie" Original London Cast
Annie (Original Cast Recording)
1978, LP, CBS
Rob Freemont, Doris Willens
Piano Bar
1978, LP, Album, Original Cast
David Merrick (2) Presents Pearl Bailey, Cab Calloway
Hello, Dolly! - The New Broadway Cast Recording
1978
Various
Le Più Grandi Bande Del Mondo
1977, 9xLP, Comp + Box, Selezione Dal Reader's Digest, ,
Brass Band/Marches/Pipe & Drum/Opera
Claude Hopkins And His Orchestra
Harlem 1934
1977
Original Cast*
Annie (A New Musical)
1977, Vinyl Gatefold, ,
Musical
De Utrechtse Politiekapel*
Concert o.l.v. J.W. Veerman
1976, LP, Album, Not On Label
Cornell University Wind Ensemble*, Marice W. Stith
Cornell University Wind Ensemble 18
1976, LP, Album, Not On Label
Clemson University Concert Band and Chorus
U. S. Bicentennial - 1976
1976, 2xLP, United Sound (3),
Lerner And Loewe*
My Fair Lady: Original Cast - 20th Anniversary Production
1976, Vinyl, ,
Musical
David Merrick (2) Presents Robert Preston (3) & Bernadette Peters
Mack & Mabel (Original Cast Recording)
1974, Vinyl Santa Maria Pressing, ,
Musical
The University Of Vanderbilt Marching Band*, The University Of Vanderbilt A Cappella Choir*
The University Of Vanderbilt Marching Band And A Cappella Choir
1973, LP, Num, Pic, Not On Label
Christopher Plummer
Cyrano - A New Musical
1973, 2xLP, Col, A&M Records, A&M Records
Christopher Plummer
Cyrano - A New Musical
1973
Carol Channing
Lorelei: A Musical Comedy (The Original Cast Album)
1973
Robert Morse, Tony Roberts (9), Cyril Ritchard
Sugar (Original Broadway Cast Album)
1972, ,
Musical
Wind Symphony*, Jazz Band* With Clark Terry
Appleton East With Clark Terry
1971, LP, Album, Concertmaster Records
Boulder High School Bands , Edward A. Kehn, George Kiteley
1971 Boulder High School Symphonic Band
1971, LP, Audicom Corporation
The Augustana Concert Band
1971 Concert Season
1971, 2xLP, Gat, Fredlo,
Howard Keel & Danielle Darrieux - Don Gohman, Hal Hackady
Ambassador
1971
The Band Of HM Royal Marines Portsmouth
The Band Of Her Majesty's Royal Marines Portsmouth
1970, Vinyl, ,
Marches/Pipe & Drum
Dexter Maitland / Rudy Vallee
Take 10 Terrific Girls (But Only 9 Costumes) / The Night They Raided Minsky's
1969, 7", Single, United Artists Records
Angela Lansbury
I Don't Want To Know / One Person
1969, 7", Promo, Columbia
Angela Lansbury, Jerry Herman
Dear World (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
1969
Joel Grey & "George M!" Company
My Town
1968, 7", Promo, Columbia
Various
Band Program 7
1968, LP, Educational Record Reference Library, Educational Record Reference Library
University Of Houston Symphonic Wind Ensemble
University Of Houston Symphonic Wind Ensemble
1968, LP, Not On Label (University Of Houston Symphonic Wind Ensemble self-released)
Dexter Maitland
Take 10 Terrific Girls (But Only 9 Costumes)
1968, 7", Promo, Whi, United Artists Records
Various
How Now, Dow Jones: The Original Broadway Cast Recording
1968
Joel Grey
George M!
1968, Vinyl, ,
Musical
Various
The Night They Raided Minsky's
1968, ,
Soundtrack/Big Band/Musical
Dexter Maitland
Take 10 Terrific Girls (But Only 9 Costumes)
1968
The Band Of The Irish Guards Conducted By Major C. H. Jaeger* With Frederick Harvey
The Big Parade
1968
Hawaii Music Educators Association
Nineteenth Annual Music Festival Concert
1966, LP, Album, Ltd, Century Records (4)
Ian Carmichael (2), Anne Rogers
"I Do! I Do!" (Original London Cast Recording)
1966
Angela Lansbury
Mame (A New Musical)
1966
Harvey Schmidt Lyrics By Tom Jones (5) Featuring Mary Martin, Robert Preston (3) Presented By David Merrick
"I Do! I Do!" (The Original Broadway Cast Recording)
1966
Original Cast*
My Fair Lady
1965, 7", EP, CBS, ,
Musical
Anthony Newley, Cyril Ritchard
The Roar Of The Greasepaint - The Smell Of The Crowd
1965
Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe - Laurence Harvey, Elizabeth Larner
Camelot
1964, Vinyl, ,
Musical
Rex Harrison, Julie Andrews
My Fair Lady - Volume 1
1964
Buddy Hackett
I Had A Ball (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
1964, ,
Musical
Mark Sandrich, Jr. / Lyrics By Sidney Michaels / Featuring Robert Preston (3) With Ulla Sallert And Susan Watson / Presented By George W. George And Frank Granat
Ben Franklin In Paris (A New Musical)
1964
Carol Channing
Hello, Dolly! (The Original Broadway Cast Recording)
1964
John Raitt, Florence Henderson, Jack Elliott (5), Ara Berberian, Phyllis Newman, Franz Allers
Oklahoma!
1964
Various
Topper Taptoe
1964
The All-Eastern Division High School Band
Eastern Division Of The Music Educators National Conference: March 1 - 4, 1963, Atlantic City, N. J.
1963, LP, Silver Crest Custom
Various
Mr. President - Original Broadway Cast
1963, 7", Jukebox, Columbia
Norton O'Neil Company
Team On The Beam
1963, LP, S/Sided, Colgate-Palmolive Company
Music Educators National Conference Western Division All-Conference Band
Music Educators National Conference Western Division Bakersfield, CA April 1963
1963, LP, Album, Century Records (4)
Doris Day And Robert Goulet
Annie Get Your Gun
1963, Vinyl, ,
Soundtrack/Musical
Lee Pockriss, Anne Croswell - Vivien Leigh, Jean-Pierre Aumont
Tovarich (Original Broadway Cast)
1963
Doris Day, Robert Goulet
Annie Get Your Gun
1963, Vinyl, ,
Musical
Banda Delle "Coldstream Guards"* Diretta Dal Maggiore Douglas A. Pope*
A Tempo Di Marcia
1962, 7", Sol, RCA Victor
Various
Mr. President - Original Broadway Cast
1962
The Band Of The Irish Guards Conducted By Major C. H. Jaeger*
The Band Of The Irish Guards
1962
Rex Harrison, Julie Andrews With Stanley Holloway Book And Lyrics By Alan Jay Lerner Music By Frederick Loewe
Excerpts From "My Fair Lady" - Volume 4
1962, Vinyl, ,
Musical
Jule Styne, Betty Comden, Adolph Green - Sydney Chaplin, Carol Lawrence
Subways Are For Sleeping (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
1962, Vinyl Gatefold, ,
Musical
David Merrick (2) Presents Anna Maria Alberghetti
Carnival (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
1961, Vinyl, ,
Musical
Robert Wright*, George Forrest - Alfred Drake
Kean (Original Broadway Cast)
1961
The Douglas MacArthur High School Band*
University Interscholastic League Concert Competition Region VI - San Antonio
1960, 12", S/Sided, Blu, Austin Recording Company
Richard Burton (2), Julie Andrews - Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe
Camelot
1960
Julie Andrews, Robert Coote, Stanley Holloway, Rex Harrison
My Fair Lady 2
1960, Vinyl Big Hole Center, ,
Musical
Hill Bowen And His Orchestra
Selections From Redhead
1959
Andy Griffith - Dolores Gray
Destry Rides Again - The Original Cast Album
1959
Original Cast*, Rex Harrison And Julie Andrews With Stanley Holloway, Robert Coote, Betty Woolfe, Leonard Weir
My Fair Lady
1959
Albert Hague , Lyrics By Dorothy Fields / Featuring Gwen Verdon Co-starring Richard Kiley Presented By Robert Fryer And Lawrence Carr
Redhead (An Original Cast Recording)
1959
Allentown Band*, Meyers*
Pops Concert
1959
Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer - Howard Keel, Carol Lawrence, Odette Myrtil
Saratoga (An Original Cast Recording)
1959
Jackie Gleason, Walter Pidgeon, Eileen Herlie
Take Me Along
1959
Original Cast*
Whoop-Up
1958
Tony Randall (3), Jacquelyn McKeever, Edward Platt With Susan Johnson (4) And Paul Valentine (2), Stanley Carlson, Alexandra Danilova And Members Of The Original Broadway Cast* With Eileen Rodgers
Oh Captain!
1958, Vinyl, ,
Musical/Comedy
Original Cast*
My Fair Lady
1958
Gwen Verdon, Thelma Ritter
New Girl In Town (Original Cast Recording)
1957
Lena Horne And Ricardo Montalban
Jamaica
1957
Rex Harrison, Julie Andrews
My Fair Lady
1956
Norman Panama, Melvin Frank & Michael Kidd, Johnny Mercer, Gene De Paul*
Li'l Abner (An Original Musical Comedy)
1956, Vinyl, ,
Soundtrack/Musical
Various
Plain And Fancy
1956
Paul Lavalle And The Cities Service Band Of America
Great Band Music
1955, LP, Album, RCA Victor
Plain And Fancy Original Broadway Cast
Plain And Fancy - Original Broadway Cast
1955
Ezio Pinza, Walter Slezak
Fanny (Original Cast Recording)
1954
Cole Porter
Can-Can (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
1953
DuPre Rhame, Alfred Neumann (2), Furman University Singers*, Furman University Band*
Music At Furman - Furman University, Greenville, South Carolina
1951, 3x10", Album, Non, Recorded Publications Company
Bert Lahr, Dolores Gray
Two On The Aisle
1951
The Capitol Symphonic Band
Sleigh Ride / The Syncopated Clock
1950
Morton Gould And His Symphonic Band
Morton Gould Symphonic Band
1949
Arno Tanney / Jack Lawrence
Pancho Goes To A Fiesta / Come To The Circus
1949
Jack Lawrence
Come To The Circus
1948, 2x10", Columbia, Columbia
The Promenade Band With Male Chorus*
I Like Ike / I Love A Parade
10", Promo, RCA Victor
Sid Gary
Refugee / Carry Me Back To The Green Pastures
Shellac, 10", Vocalion (2)
The Grove Hill School Concert Band
The Grove Hill School Concert Band
LP, Not On Label
Various
42nd Street (The Australian Cast Recording) / Hello Dolly
2xCD, RCA
The Avondale High School Symphonic Band
Sound Spectacular Volume Two 1963-4
LP, Mono, Century Custom Recording Service,
All-South High School Honor Orchestra, All-South High School Honor Band
University Of Southern Mississippi 33rd Annual Conductor's Conference
LP, USC Sound Enterprises,
American Wind Symphony Orchestra
Bicentennial Odyssey - Vol. 3
LP, Not On Label (American Wind Symphony Orchestra Self-released)
The Air Combat Command Heartland Of America Band*
America's Shield
CD, Album, Not On Label
University Of Illinois Symphonic Band, Harry Begian
Famous Continental Marches
LP, Album, Not On Label
Ground Self Defence Force Central Band*
Exodus
CD, Crown (3),
Various
Day And Night (The Songs Of Cole Porter) 3
Cass, Comp, Dol, Reader's Digest, Reader's Digest Music
Various
We Remember Them Well (The Songs Of Lionel Bart & Frederick Loewe) 1
Cass, Comp, Dol, Reader's Digest, Reader's Digest Music, ,
Musical
Various
Come Listen To The Music
5xLP, Comp + Box, World Records (6), World Records (6), World Records (6), World Records (6), World Records (6)
Unknown Artist
Symphonic Impressions Of The King And I / Symphonic Impressions Of My Fair Lady
Reel, 7" Reel, Inl, Bel Canto,
The Tehachapi High School Band
Presents An Evening Of Popular Music
LP, Album, Century Records (4)
CFDR Concert Band
CFDR Band In Concert From Dartmouth Nova Scotia
LP, CFDR
Catoosa High School Band
The Tribe Of Catoosa
LP, Album, Alvera
The Capitol Symphonic Band Conducted By Louis Castellucci
Festival Concert Of Symphonic Band Music
10", Album, Mono, Capitol Records
Robert Merrill* Orchestra And Chorus Directed By Russ Case
Take Me Along
Manolo Fabregas*
Mi Bella Dama (My Fair Lady)
Rex Harrison, Julie Andrews With Stanley Holloway Book And Lyrics By Alan Jay Lerner Music By Frederick Loewe
Excerpts From "My Fair Lady" - Volume 3
Rex Harrison, Julie Andrews With Stanley Holloway Book And Lyrics By Alan Jay Lerner Music By Frederick Loewe
Excerpts From "My Fair Lady" - Volume 1
Mogens Wieth, Gerda Gilboe, Osvald Helmuth, Preben Mahrt, Preben Uglebjerg, Ole Monty, Henry Büchmann
My Fair Lady
Cleveland Pops Orchestra
Music From The Films
Charles Strouse, Lee Adams (2) - Lauren Bacall
Applause (Original Broadway Cast Album)
Rex Harrison, Julie Andrews With Stanley Holloway Book And Lyrics By Alan Jay Lerner Music By Frederick Loewe
Excerpts From "My Fair Lady" - Volume 2
Vinyl, ,
Musical
Rex Harrison, Julie Andrews
My Fair Lady (The Original London & Broadway Casts Recordings)
2016, ,
Musical