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Warsaw Concerto
The Warsaw Concerto is a short work for piano and orchestra by Richard Addinsell, written for the 1941 British film "Dangerous Moonlight", which is about the Polish struggle against the 1939 invasion by Nazi Germany. In performance it normally lasts just under ten minutes. The concerto is an example of programme music, representing both the struggle for Warsaw and the romance of the leading characters in the film. It became very popular in Britain during World War II.
The concerto is written in imitation of the style
- The composer and presenter Steve Race coined the term "Denham Concerto" for such short romantic film pieces as the Warsaw Concerto, Hubert Bath's "Cornish Rhapsody" and Charles Williams' "The Dream of Olwen", after the Denham Film Studios.
External links.
- Richard Addinsell's Warsaw Concerto Analysis and description of Addinsell's Warsaw Concerto
- The Warsaw Concerto: Analysis, Influence, and Influences In-depth analysis of the Warsaw Concerto, its use in "Dangerous Moonlight", the music