[78-L] Churchill background music

Dan Van Landingham danvanlandingham at yahoo.com
Sat Jul 13 10:55:51 PDT 2013


I've never heard that particular Walton piece.The only WW2 inspired work I'm familiar with was "Warsaw Concerto".I'm sure its been issued commercially.
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On Sat, 7/13/13, Dave Burnham <burnhamd at rogers.com> wrote:

 Subject: [78-L] Churchill background music
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 Date: Saturday, July 13, 2013, 11:18 AM
 
 
 Thank you Nigel. The Walton makes perfect sense. I
 recognized the first piece they played but couldn't name it.
 
 
 db
 
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 On 2013-07-13, at 11:57 AM, "Nigel Burlinson" <burlinson at orange.fr>
 wrote:
 
 > 
 > 
 > The majority of the music used as "background" in this
 programme
 > was composed by William Walton, including excerpts
 from
 > "Spitfire Prelude and Fugue" (film "The First of The
 Few") (1942)
 > "Henry V" (1944)
 > "Battle In The Air" (film "Battle Of Britain") (1969)
 > 
 > Nigel Burlinson
 > burlinson at orange.fr
 > 
 > 
 >> Message: 5
 >> Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2013 02:16:55 -0400
 >> From: "Sammy Jones" <sjones69 at bellsouth.net>
 >> Subject: [78-L] Churchill's Secret Cabinet
 >> To: <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
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 >> 
 >> Right now on BBC Radio 4's website, a documentary
 on Winston Churchill's
 >> record collection - including homemade lacquers of
 some of his speeches.
 >> I've only had time to listen to the first 15
 minutes, but it seems
 >> fascinating.
 >> 
 >> Only a few days left to listen:
 >> http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b036j3r0
 >> 
 >> Sammy Jones
 >> 
 >> 
 >> 
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 >> Message: 6
 >> Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2013 00:29:32 -0700 (PDT)
 >> From: DAVID BURNHAM <burnhamd at rogers.com>
 >> Subject: Re: [78-L] Churchill's Secret Cabinet
 >> To: 78-L Mail List <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
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 >> 
 >> I just listened to the complete broadcast and it
 was very interesting. 
 >> ?They talk about there being a large number of
 Harry Lauder recordings but 
 >> every example they played was from the single 12
 inch disc, "Harry Lauder 
 >> Medley". ?I wish they had identified the music they
 were playing 
 >> throughout, it sounds like it may be from
 Vaughan-Williams but I couldn't 
 >> recognize it. ?I have heard that most, if not all,
 of the recordings of 
 >> Winston Churchill's speeches made during the war
 were in fact read by an 
 >> actor and are not Churchill's voice at all. ?The
 recording from 1909 
 >> sounds like a different voice than the recordings
 from 1941 but there's no 
 >> mention of this in the text. ?I do agree that
 though there have been many 
 >> great orators in the 20th century, he was perhaps
 the greatest.
 >> 
 >> db?
 >> 
 >> 
 >> 
 >>> ________________________________
 >>> From: Sammy Jones <sjones69 at bellsouth.net>
 >>> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
 >>> Sent: Friday, July 12, 2013 2:16:55 AM
 >>> Subject: [78-L] Churchill's Secret Cabinet
 >>> 
 >>> 
 >>> Right now on BBC Radio 4's website, a
 documentary on Winston Churchill's
 >>> record collection - including homemade lacquers
 of some of his speeches.
 >>> I've only had time to listen to the first 15
 minutes, but it seems
 >>> fascinating.
 >>> 
 >>> Only a few days left to listen:
 >>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b036j3r0
 >>> 
 >>> Sammy Jones
 >>> 
 >>>
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