"The Great Dictator" is heavily underscored with musical themes, conceived by Chaplin and executed by Meredith Willson, with whom Chaplin seers to be discussing a difficult point in this photograph. Last month the "Prelude to the Great Dictator" was played by the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra at the San Francisco World Fair. For this work, which critics found interesting, and "as obvious as most satirical attempts," Chaplin made up the four themes and left the orchestration to Willson. One sequence which Chaplin designed Willson thinks will be a hit. It is called "Boulevardier," and is the longest melody of them all, with 32 bars
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 70, 25 October 1940, Page 21
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104"The Great Dictator" is heavily underscored with musical themes, conceived by Chaplin and executed by Meredith Willson, with whom Chaplin seers to be discussing a difficult point in this photograph. Last month the "Prelude to the Great Dictator" was played by the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra at the San Francisco World Fair. For this work, which critics found interesting, and "as obvious as most satirical attempts," Chaplin made up the four themes and left the orchestration to Willson. One sequence which Chaplin designed Willson thinks will be a hit. It is called "Boulevardier," and is the longest melody of them all, with 32 bars New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 70, 25 October 1940, Page 21
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