RILEY'S POETRY SET TO MUSIC 
A long time conductor of the Los Angeles Symphony Orchestra had a love of James Whitcomb Riley poetry that was profound. His name was James E. Sample of Meadowville, PA. and he held the baton of the orchestra in the City of the Angels from 1934 to 1970. He sometimes visited Greenfield IN to "drink in" the humanistic spirit of America's "Children's Poet" and visit the James Whitcomb Riley birthplace. On one of those occasions he left off his score of one of his favorite Riley poems that he had set to music, "The Rose." Mr. Sample put other Riley poems to music to include "Little Orphant Annie." We, at JamesWhitcombRiley.com would love a copy if anyone still has it.
