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The Kid (1921, music composed by C.Chaplin in 1971, restored by C. Davis in 1995/6)
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Directed by: C. Chaplin |
| Writing credits: C.Chaplin | |
| Starring: Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Jackie Coogan, Carl Miller, Henry Bergman | |
| Genre: comedy | |
| Country: U.S. | |
| Running time: 60 mins. | |
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Instrumentation
List
The
Kid (1921):
Music composed by Charles Chaplin
(1971)
Musical associate: Eric James
Restored for live performance by Carl Davis (1995/6)
60 minutes
2 Flutes (both dbl. picc.)
Oboe (dbl e. horn)
2 Clarinets (I dbl. alto sax, II dbl. b-cl.)
Bassoon
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2 Horns
2 trumpets
2 Trombones
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Percussion (2 players incl. Timpani)
Guitar
Harp
Piano (dbl. celeste)
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Strings: 8.6.4.4.2
List of percussion:
Timpani
Drum kit
Suspended cymbal
Glockenspiel
Marimba
Xylophone
Vibraphone
Tam-tam
Wood block
Triangle
In the score to The Kid (1971), Chaplin takes us back,
musically speaking, to his own youth in the English Music Hall. Broad strokes of
light pantomimic music, laced with the indelible Chaplin melodic trademark. The
strings are lush, the winds are light and the power of over-sentimentality is
kept at bay by a composer who knows his subjects. There is an over all feeling
of foggy charm in these late scores that is difficult to pinpoint, but these
films are forever poeticized by them...
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