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Music From The Cinema: The Greatest Scores And Themes For The Silver Screen (CA308)

CA – Performing Arts Appreciation

Dover (Wyoming Church) | February 4, 2025-April 22, 2025

Tuesday: 12:45 PM-2:00 PM

This is a hybrid course. One section meets on site at the location listed; and one section meets online only.

Some of the greatest music composed in the past century was written for the soundtracks of motion pictures. In this class, we listen to dozens of examples of these remarkable scores, from movies including Casablanca and The King’s Speech, by marvelous composers such as Alfred Newman, Miklos Rozsa, John Barry, Ennio Morricone and John Williams.

This offering meets for a total of 11 session(s).

INSTRUCTOR: Daniel Pritchett

PRITCHETT, DANIEL–M.A., history, University of Delaware; B.S., education, Concord College; taught history in the Capital School District for 34 years and at Delaware State University for seven years.

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