The First Piano Quartets

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Movie
Original title The First Piano Quartets
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1954
length 10 mins
Rod
Director Otto Lang
production Otto Lang
camera Joseph LaShelle
occupation

Quartette members, consisting of:

  • Glauco D'Attili
  • Edward Edson
  • Adam Garner
  • Frank Mittler

The First Piano Quartette (series title in the USA: CinemaScope Specials (# 10): The First Piano Quartette ) is an American short film by Otto Lang from 1954, which was nominated for an Oscar .

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The First Piano Quartet, consisting of Glauco D'Attili, Edward Edson, Adam Garner and Frank Mittler, plays Ernesto Lecuona's song Malagueña from his Suite Andalusien , Claude Debussy's Clair de Lune from his Suite Bergamasque and John Philip Sousa's military march Stars and Stripes Forever .

Production, publication

The film, produced by Twentieth Century Fox , was first released in the United States on May 4, 1954.

Award

Otto Lang was nominated for an Oscar with his film at the 1955 Academy Awards in the category “Best Short Film” (1 film role) , but it went to Robert Youngson and the film This Mechanical Age , which gives an insight into the early days of aviation .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. The First Piano Quartette (1954) at letterboxd.com (English)