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BTC793 TITLE MUSIC I AND II

Film score
Composition date: ca. Nov 1935
Genre: Incidental music
Performing forces:

Fl, ob, bn - tpt in C - perc (trgl, susp cymb, sd, bd) - harp - str qt (vn, va, vc, db)

Notes

These may be preliminary sketches for Night mail as they share the same instrumentation and opening fanfare. However, the musical material after the initial fanfare is entirely different in both cases.

Movements

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