Storm Clouds Cantata

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Storm Clouds Cantata is a dramatic choral-orchestral piece by Arthur Benjamin, best known for its use in Alfred Hitchcock’s film "The Man Who Knew Too Much."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf choral-orchestral work
associatedComposer Arthur Benjamin
associatedWith British film music
thriller cinema
bestKnownFor use in Alfred Hitchcock’s The Man Who Knew Too Much
composer Arthur Benjamin
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
filmDirectorAssociatedWith Alfred Hitchcock
genre dramatic cantata
hasInstrumentation full orchestra
mixed chorus
soprano soloist
hasKeyFeature dramatic choral outbursts
prominent percussion in climax
suspenseful orchestral build-up
hasPart choral section
orchestral climax
orchestral introduction
soprano solo
hasRevisedVersion version adapted for 1956 film The Man Who Knew Too Much
language English
narrativeFunction underscores assassination attempt scene
notableUseIn film The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)
film The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
performanceVenueInFilm Royal Albert Hall
period 20th-century music
sceneUsedIn Royal Albert Hall sequence in The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)
Royal Albert Hall sequence in The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
scoredFor chorus
orchestra
setting concert performance within the film narrative
style cinematic
late-Romantic
textAuthor D. B. Wyndham-Lewis
title Storm Clouds Cantata
usedAs diegetic music in film
tool for building suspense in film
workOf Arthur Benjamin

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Arthur Benjamin notableWork Storm Clouds Cantata
Storm Clouds Cantata title Storm Clouds Cantata
Storm Clouds Cantata title Storm Clouds Cantata