This week's "John Adams" musical trivia.

[gurdymonkey]

Tune and lyrics to "Hail Columbia," our first National Anthem, which was featured in this week's episode. (The "Star Spangled Banner" lyrics would not be written until 1814.)

I have remembered where I'd heard the Schubert piano trio (nice snippet of it here). It was used in Stanley Kubrick's "Barry Lyndon," and in the 80's vampire movie, "The Hunger." (See my previous post for why this is technically "not period" for the miniseries.)

If you're at all interested in early American music, there are some nice recordings by the Hildebrands available from http://www.colonialmusic.org/index.htm
I have their "Over The Hills And Far Away" and "Music For The President." (What can I tell ya - I have family in Annapolis....)

This is a reminder for takadai_no_tora, who was wishing for an Alan Rickman film in which he's not playing a villain. Truly, Madly, Deeply.

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[reynardine.livejournal.com]

There's a delightful British film called Blow Dry, in which Alan Rickman plays a divorced hairdresser and is the hero. It's a very quirky comedy. Not sure if it was released in theatres here, but it is available on DVD.