Martin Dalby

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Notturno Rapido (1969)
 Programme Note available
Martin Dalby

Work Details

Category: orchestral
Duration: 3'
Instrumentation: 2121 2330 Tp Perc Hp Pf Str

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Programme Note

Notturno Rapido (1969) Martin Dalby

For Light Orchestra.

Background music commissioned by Boosey and Hawkes Ltd. for the exclusive use of film, radio and television companies.

"Suitable for: ANIMALS - Horse riding, insistent
DRAMA - Ominous, impetuous
INDUSTRIAL - Precision activities"

Boosey and Hawkes Recorded Music: SBH 3013, side2 band 1

Duration: 3 minutes 17 seconds

Scoring: 2(Picc)121, 2330, hp, pno, 1 perc, timp, strings

Completed: 15/1/69, London

Used in American film Wild, Wet and Willing. (The composer has dined out many times on the title of this film. Possibly it could be about Dolphins or similar leviathan but we think not) Also used in other innocent films, for example Sexos Humidos al Sol).