Deryk Barker wrote:

>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.

I believe also that he had to write it overnight when they found they
couldn't use the Rachmaninoff.

Paul Silverthorne
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