... and some follow-on trivia regarding The Song of Bernadette.
I discover that the original film score was composed by Stravinsky but was subsequently rejected in favour of a score by Alfred Newman. When Stravinsky was invited to a screening so he could plot out his score, he replied that he'd already begun. Evincing an unwillingness to change what he'd already composed, he was released from his contract. The second movement of his Symphony in Three Movements evolved out of the unused score...
Ain't this thread a place where we learn things!
I discover that the original film score was composed by Stravinsky but was subsequently rejected in favour of a score by Alfred Newman. When Stravinsky was invited to a screening so he could plot out his score, he replied that he'd already begun. Evincing an unwillingness to change what he'd already composed, he was released from his contract. The second movement of his Symphony in Three Movements evolved out of the unused score...
Ain't this thread a place where we learn things!
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