Bernard Chasan wrote:

>ANd while reading this, I remember a song with the words," I'm forever
>chasing rain bows (or raindrops?)" based on a Chopin piece.

I believe Professor Chasan is recalling "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows,"
perhaps subconsciously because of the recent death of Perry Como.  I
found the following at:

   http://home.istar.ca/~townsend/_private/composer/harry_carroll.htm

   In 1918, (Harry) Carroll produced his own Broadway musical 'Oh,
   Look!', and the classic of "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows," was written
   with the lyric by Joseph McCarthy. It was revived by Perry Como in
   1946. (Probably Carroll's name should not appear in the credits...the
   credits should read Chopin and McCarthy, because Harry 'borrowed'
   the melody of Chopin's Fantaisie Impromptu in C# minor.) Originally
   the song sold over a million copies in 1918. It was revived in the
   1945 film, The Dolly Sisters.

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