Baubles, Bangles, & Beads Deodato recorded an instrumental in a hit LP of 1973. Argentine composer Ernesto Acher mixed the "scherzo" of Borodin's string quarted with this piece of music, under the name "Borodin, Bangles & Beads" in 1987 on his album "Juegos" Baubles, Bangles, & Beads "Baubles, Bangles & Beads" is a popular song from the 1953 musical "Kismet", credited to Robert Wright and George Forrest. Like all the music in that show, the melody was based on works by Alexander Borodin, in this case the second theme of the second movement of his "String Quartet in D." The "Kismet" setting maintains the
Los Angeles Civic Light Opera run. Wright and Forrest created several more original works for the LACLO, most notably the 1953 musical "Kismet", which had an even greater success in New York. Perhaps the most successful original work to be produced at the LACLO was the 1954 musical version of "Peter Pan" which Lester orchestrated as a star vehicle for Mary Martin. After opening in Los Angeles, the production moved to Broadway, winning Martin a Tony Award. The LACLO also exported a number of revivals to Broadway during its history, including a 1945 revival of Victor Herbert's "The Red Mill" which ran for more than