Pamela McElwain-Brown ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

>Interesting point; the first few notes definitely qualify.  The WC theme
>seems more to me like ersatz Rachy; yet as a child I was enchanted, and
>even now, though I acknowledge the entire piece is over-written and showy
>and that's probably why it has not endured in terms of public interest,
>it still holds a special magic.:-)

It was actually intended as a Rachmaninov pastiche.  There was thought
of using R2 at one point, but for some reason (copyright?) it was dropped
and Addinsell commissioned to write WC.

Deryk Barker
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