Warsaw Concerto
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The Warsaw Concerto is a short, romantic piano and orchestra piece composed in 1941 in a lush, Rachmaninoff-like style for the British film "Dangerous Moonlight."
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
concertante work
ⓘ
film score piece ⓘ piano concerto ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | The Warsaw Concerto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| approximateDuration | about 9 minutes ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Poland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Dangerous Moonlight producers ⓘ |
| composedFor |
Dangerous Moonlight
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
film ⓘ |
| composer | Richard Addinsell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| genre |
classical music
ⓘ
film music ⓘ romantic music ⓘ |
| hasForm | concertante rhapsody ⓘ |
| hasMelodicCharacter | lush and lyrical ⓘ |
| hasRecording | numerous commercial recordings ⓘ |
| hasRhythmicCharacter | dramatic and sweeping ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
heroic romanticism
ⓘ
wartime nostalgia ⓘ |
| includedIn | piano and orchestra anthologies ⓘ |
| influencedBy | late-Romantic Russian piano concertos ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | piano concertos of Sergei Rachmaninoff ⓘ |
| instrumentation | piano and orchestra ⓘ |
| key | C minor ⓘ |
| notableFor |
cinematic romantic style
ⓘ
short single-movement concerto format ⓘ virtuosic piano writing ⓘ |
| notablePerformer | Louis Kentner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| orchestrationBy | Roy Douglas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| period | 20th-century music ⓘ |
| popularIn |
concert repertoire
ⓘ
light classical music programming ⓘ |
| premiereDate | 1941 ⓘ |
| premiereMedium | film soundtrack ⓘ |
| premierePerformer | Louis Kentner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scoredFor |
orchestra
ⓘ
solo piano ⓘ |
| structure | single movement ⓘ |
| style | Rachmaninoff-like ⓘ |
| titleRefersTo | Warsaw NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedIn | Dangerous Moonlight NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearOfComposition | 1941 ⓘ |
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