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BTC784 CONQUERING SPACE - THE STORY OF MODERN COMMUNICATIONS

Film score
Period of composition: 23 - 26 Sep 1935
Genre: Incidental music
Performing forces:

Fl, ob, cl in B flat and A, bn - perc (tamb, susp cymb, bl, sd, bd) - pf

Notes

The music for this film (three sequences in all) included music from two differently named manuscripts - 'Modern Post Office Methods' and 'Methods of Communication'. From a total of five sequences, two are not used in: 'Modern P.O. Methods: Radio mast sequence' and 'Methods of Communication: Title and End Title'. The score was recorded on 1 October.

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