Notes on Major Compositions listed by composer
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Adams, John Two Concertos for
Orchestra
Addinsell, Richard Warsaw Concerto from British made film
"Suicide
Squadron" as it was known in USA release. The
British film title was 'Dangerous Moonlight'. The film came out in 1941. The
music became more popular than the film. And more popular than some of
Addinsell's other film scores like 'Gaslight' in 1939, 'Blythe Spirit' in
1945 and 'A Christmas Carol' in 1951.
Alfven Swedish Rhapsody
Swedish composer Hugo Alfven wrote five symphonies and a large amount of
choral and orchestral music, none of which has had the lasting appeal of
the folkmusic inspired 'Swedish Rhapsody'. It was premiered in Sweden in
1904 as 'A Midsummer Night's Vigil".