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Original score for a "Gone With the Wind" orchestral adaptation, presented by CBS Radio in 1937— a full two years before Gone With the Wind was filmed and released—as part of David O. Selznick's continuing PR blitz to keep the project ever in the minds of the American public.
Composed by Ernest Kosting and Helmy Kresa, the score includes individual parts for the conductor, piano, trombone, drums, first violin, second and third violins, viola, cello, string bass, guitar, tenor sax, alto sax, second alto sax, and first and second trumpets, all penned on 9.25 x 12.5 musically lined paper, each part being two to five pages in length. All are stamped "Ernest Kosting, Local 802" and "Gogo de Lys," the name of a radio singer of the 1920s and 1930s. Also includes a 15-page score in pencil for the full ensemble, stamped: "Property of Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc." This piece, the opening theme for the dramatic program, aired over the CBS Radio Network on June 23, 1937. In fine condition.
