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Offline schnitzel

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Do you know who composed this?
on: November 09, 2014, 05:50:28 PM
Hello!
I'm looking for name of this piece.

Can anyone help me?
Thank you!!!
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Offline thalbergmad

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Re: Do you know who composed this?
Reply #1 on: November 09, 2014, 06:01:05 PM
It is The Warsaw Concerto by Addinsell.

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Re: Do you know who composed this?
Reply #2 on: November 09, 2014, 06:10:21 PM
Haha.  Nice.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw_Concerto

I kept thinking it sounded like Rachmaninoff... but it's not.

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Re: Do you know who composed this?
Reply #3 on: November 09, 2014, 06:22:08 PM
Thank you so much.  :)
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Re: Do you know who composed this?
Reply #4 on: November 09, 2014, 08:02:34 PM
Quote from: Bob on November 09, 2014, 06:10:21 PM
I kept thinking it sounded like Rachmaninoff... but it's not.

It is good that you thought that as it was supposed to sound like Rachmaninoff.

It was written for the film "Dangerous Moonlight" and the film director originally wanted to use Rachmaninoff's 2nd piano concerto.

Snobs and plinkers would turn their noses up at such music, but I love it.

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Re: Do you know who composed this?
Reply #5 on: November 09, 2014, 10:36:57 PM
Yep.  I've heard the title before.  Just never listened to it.

I started looking for Rach 4, thinking might be it, but still probably not.  Then possibly Shostakovich.  Quick search there. 
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