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Richard Stewart Addinsell (13 January 1904 – 14 November 1977) was an English composer, best known for film music, primarily his Warsaw Concerto, composed for the 1941 film Dangerous Moonlight (also known under the later title Suicide Squadron).
Despite sounding like a full-blooded Romantic piano concerto, the piece was actually composed for the 1941 film Dangerous Moonlight, a World War II love story with a sweeping soundtrack to match the romance of the plot.
British composer for theatre, films, and television, best known for his Warsaw Concerto. Born Richard Stewart Addinsell in Woburn Square, Bloomsbury, London, England, to accountant William Addinsell and his wife Annie, Richard Addinsell received a home schooling and then studied law at Hertford College, Oxford.
- January 13, 1904
- November 14, 1977
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.
Richard Addinsell - The Warsaw Concerto I JP Ekins - Piano I Stephen Ellery - Conductor John Paul Ekins performs Richard Addinsell's Warsaw Concerto with The London Gala Orc ...more.
- 11 min
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- John Paul Ekins
Aug 30, 2009 · Live performance of Warsaw Concerto by Richard Addinsell. The soloist was Chris Hill with the West Forest Sinfonia, conducted by Stephen Armstrong.
- 9 min
- 674K
- Chris Hill
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English composer Richard Addinsell was born in 1904. After finishing his law studies at Oxford, he took a short course in music at the Royal College of Music in London and studied from 1929 to 1932 in Berlin and Vienna. From 1933 to 1935 he lived in the USA writing scores for the Hollywood studios.
