FAME
Directed by: Alan Parker
Music editor: Norman Hollyn
From 1783 to 1791, Mozart wrote four horn concerto’s for the French horn player and his close friend Joseph Leutgeb. No.3 in E flat major features two clarinets, two bassoons an strings in a three-movement form, including: an allegro maestoso, into a Romance slower form, back into a rondo Allegro. These pieces were challenging in their inclusion of “stopped” notes, which was “a technique that involved the player’s inserting his right hand into the bell to enable him to play notes otherwise unavailable on the horns of the day” (All Media Guide).
IN
This song is featured in the 1980’s dance film Fame, and is very appropriately incorporated into a classical ballet scene with shots of dancers dancing to a contemporary arrangement of the song that includes guitars.
Historical information from:
All Media Guide. "Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Composer: Horn Concerto No.3 in Eb, K.447." Classical Archives. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Mar. 2013. <http://www.classicalarchives.com/work/18900.html#tvf=tracks&tv=about>.
Written by: Arianna Benincasa
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